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On the recordFebruary 3, 2025
I am just going to ask the gentleman to yield for a question. Well, we have seen just this shadow government sort of trying to change America inside out, run the show, and, as you said, put power in one man, not with the usual checks and balances that we have known for America and that have existed through Democratic and Republican administrations. My first question is, Has the gentleman from Hawaii seen anything like what they did with USAID in terms of just totally eliminating it, being cruel to the people who work there, not understanding the security implications to the country, and just coming in and just shutting down the whole place? Has he ever seen anything like that in all the years we have had in American history, even?
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

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