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On the recordJuly 11, 2017
That is obnoxious and unprecedented. I understand you did not set it. It is an obnoxious and unprecedented contempt for Congress which is intolerable.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler criticizes the administration's refusal to respond to committee requests.

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