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On the recordMay 16, 2012
the exclusion of Delegate Norton, who is relegated to sitting in the audience today--and I want to welcome her and apologize for the rudeness my Republican colleagues are showing a colleague by refusing her request to be heard--is yet another example of that abuse of power.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

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Nadler calls out the disrespect shown to Delegate Norton during the hearings.

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