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On the recordFebruary 7, 2023
When we talk about arresting a witness or when we talk about, insinuating that a witness is lying without documentation, I fear that this constitutes threatening a witness and that will broach the rules of decorum of this Committee, and I would like to ask that we request witnesses be treated with respect.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez expresses concern about the treatment of witnesses and decorum in the Committee.

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