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On the recordApril 25, 2022
Would you put that person under the authority of your commanders at that point to be able to have, again, where you have somebody that they answer to for it, or who do they work for?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford questions the oversight of home inspectors in military housing.

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