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David Thomas: “I tell the gentleman from New York if he wants to know who gave Bob Dornan the right to subpoena, the Congressional…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 1997
I tell the gentleman from New York if he wants to know who gave Bob Dornan the right to subpoena, the Congressional Record, October 20th, 1969, on rollcall number 235, the yeas 311, nays 12, the legislation that was passed overwhelmingly on a bipartisan vote supported and defended by the court most recently and the House. The fact that no one has used it, except for this particular time, does not mean it has not been there from the beginning. The point needs to be made that it is the statute that affords it. That is where it comes from. It is part of the Contested Election Act and it was passed overwhelmingly bipartisan.
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David Thomas
New York
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Discussing the legal basis for Bob Dornan's right to subpoena during a debate.

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