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Pat McHenry: “The happy train of silence and refusing to answer questions ends today.”

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
The happy train of silence and refusing to answer questions ends today.
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Pat McHenry
Republican · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

McHenry asserts that those summoned must now answer Congress's questions.

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