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On the recordSeptember 7, 2016
It is time for the Congress and the President to take down the artificial and increasingly arbitrary wall that insulates independent agencies from OIRA's review.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford emphasizes the need for oversight of independent agencies.

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