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On the recordMay 7, 2019
For those of you in the hearing room, what you see on the monitor screens are the images and headlines of the domestic terrorist attacks that have torn through our Nation while the Republicans were in charge of this committee and the House of Representatives.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson highlights the impact of domestic terrorism during Republican leadership.

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