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On the recordDecember 16, 2019
We cannot abdicate our responsibility to our constituents, to our country, by choosing to ignore the grave and, in my view, unlawful actions of the President.
Said by
Joe Morelle
Democratic · New York

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Morelle stresses the duty to address the President's actions.

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