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On the recordFebruary 8, 2023
I'm--I'll admit, given the chairman's question about whether or not you were here on January 6th, which seems to me probably the greatest emergency the Capitol has faced in probably two centuries, if you need to be tethered and if you needed the vehicle to be here, why did you make the decision not to come here?
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Joe Morelle
Democratic · New York

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Morelle highlights the importance of being present during the Capitol's greatest emergency on January 6th.

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