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Gary Ackerman: “I have a question on behalf of all of those Members who were not in any of those rooms: If it was the gentleman from…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2003
I have a question on behalf of all of those Members who were not in any of those rooms: If it was the gentleman from California (Mr. Stark) in the hearing room with the fruitcake, why did you sic the cops on the Democrats in the library?
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Gary Ackerman
New York

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the treatment of Democrats during a congressional hearing.

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