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On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
it is just a lot more comfortable for us to beat up on the agencies than to turn the finger pointing back at us.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford suggests that Congress avoids accountability by blaming agencies.

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