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Deborah Koff Ross: I think the Operation Chokepoint has to be one of the most self-serving, corrupt abuses of power that this country has…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2018
I think the Operation Chokepoint has to be one of the most self-serving, corrupt abuses of power that this country has ever exercised.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Ross criticizes Operation Chokepoint as a significant abuse of governmental power.

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