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On the recordFebruary 12, 2008
It's another reason why people are fed up with Congress. We're facing huge challenges in housing, government spending, taxes and illegal immigration. Congress would be better served to focus on any of those issues instead of inserting itself into a name-calling finger-pointing school-yard brawl.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

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Representative McHenry criticizes Congress for focusing on the steroid hearings instead of pressing issues like housing and immigration.

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