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On the recordMay 13, 2025
When the gentlelady from New York looks at the screen — if she wants to check her hair, she wants to say anything she wants to to that screen — she has the right to do so.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Clarke defends Ocasio-Cortez's right to look at the screen during the hearing.

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