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On the recordDecember 7, 2009
Wouldn't it be better, instead of wasting a lot of time, money, and effort as to whether the procedures were followed properly, to get to the heart of the matter on the merits?
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler argues for focusing on substantive issues rather than procedural ones.

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