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On the recordOctober 31, 2017
One of the tendencies whether it's in Congress or the Executive Branch... is, sometimes if we don't want the answer, we don't ask the question.
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Frank Lucas
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lucas discusses the avoidance of uncomfortable research questions in decision-making.

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