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Joyce Beatty: “I think that a better style for the hearing would be, 'Don't Bother Me with Facts; My Mind is Made Up.'”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
I think that a better style for the hearing would be, 'Don't Bother Me with Facts; My Mind is Made Up.'
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Joyce Beatty
Democratic · Ohio

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Criticizing the hearing's approach and lack of openness to facts.

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