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Louise Slaughter: on the Waco hearings we found that the committee had turned over lots of its responsibilities to the NRA, and now we…

On the recordSeptember 29, 1995
on the Waco hearings we found that the committee had turned over lots of its responsibilities to the NRA, and now we find this same committee staff is forging documents to be given out to the press purporting to be a true statement. Mr. Speaker, in the name of all the men and women who served us before in this House, who stood on this floor and with truth and with eloquence did the best they could for the American people, I am more than outraged at the dirty little secret that this subcommittee would stoop to crime in order to make their point. I am sure they are going to have an hour more of it this afternoon, but if people want to know the truth of the testimony, they should let us send them the record of that hearing.
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Louise Slaughter
New York

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Addressing concerns about the integrity of the Waco hearings and committee actions.

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