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Virginia Foxx: First, hearings should be about fact finding. The title of this hearing presumes a conclusion rather than poses an issue…

On the recordDecember 3, 2019
First, hearings should be about fact finding. The title of this hearing presumes a conclusion rather than poses an issue to discuss and learn about it.
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina

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Foxx criticizes the hearing's title for assuming a conclusion rather than encouraging discussion.

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