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On the recordApril 20, 2023
I am not sure that is a good idea because we are back to, if we are going to be not offensive, we need to not be offensive to everybody.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

Editor's note · Context

Lankford critiques the GAO's style guide for potentially offending various groups.

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