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On the recordJuly 7, 2015
Does--do members of Congress have to seek Freedom of Information Act requests to Federal agencies to get data?
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Ben Ray Luján
Democratic · New Mexico

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Lujan questions the need for Congress to file FOIA requests for data access.

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