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On the recordSeptember 9, 2014
I have a real issue when any agency steps in and says, I know Congress has required all these pages to be turned over, but we've discussed it as an agency and we're not going to turn it over.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford expresses concern over agencies withholding documents from Congress.

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