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Gregory Meeks: I thank the gentleman for his service, and I really respect him for what he put on the line for our country. We will…

On the recordJune 17, 2021
I thank the gentleman for his service, and I really respect him for what he put on the line for our country. We will always do that. But I will also say that those individuals who we did bring before the committee, though they might be professors now, they either served in the DOD or the White House, plus we had a classified briefing in the auditorium with representatives from the Joint Chiefs. So we were making sure that we had to get all of the information that we could in regards to this issue. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. Omar), the vice chair of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights and the Subcommittee on International Development, International Organizations, and Global Corporate Social Impact.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York
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Jun 17, 2021

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