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Yvette Clarke: “Despite multiple requests by the committee Democrats to hold hearings on election security, the Republican Chairman…”

On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
Despite multiple requests by the committee Democrats to hold hearings on election security, the Republican Chairman largely declined to do so.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clarke criticizes the previous Republican leadership's inaction on election security.

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