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Eliot Engel: “I think that hiding things from Congress is not acceptable.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2016
I think that hiding things from Congress is not acceptable.
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Eliot Engel
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Engel asserts the importance of transparency between the executive branch and Congress.

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