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Jerry Nadler: “John Adams warned in a letter to Thomas Jefferson that these risks are unavoidable and might sometimes overlap: ``You…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2019
John Adams warned in a letter to Thomas Jefferson that these risks are unavoidable and might sometimes overlap: ``You are apprehensive of foreign interference, intrigue, influence. So am I--but, as often as elections happen, the danger of foreign influence recurs.'' Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Mrs. Lawrence).
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York
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Dec 18, 2019

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