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On the recordOctober 7, 2015
This is an enormous waste of taxpayer money for us to sit here at this hearing when we realize or should realize this is not a legitimate congressional exercise.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Jeffries criticizes the hearing as a waste of resources and not a legitimate exercise.

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