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Roger Wicker: “I do object to, though, is something that has happened for years since I have been a member of this Committee, and that…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 2017
I do object to, though, is something that has happened for years since I have been a member of this Committee, and that is somehow to list political contributions and suggest that somehow they make an individual suspect or not qualified.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

Editor's note · Context

Wicker criticizes the practice of questioning qualifications based on political contributions.

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