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On the recordJune 3, 2009
I think the purpose of this hearing is, regardless of the position of any Administration, to figure out what is right, not who is right.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler highlights the goal of the hearing as seeking truth over partisanship.

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