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On the recordJune 2, 2015
Mr. Horowitz, for the Inspectors General, when they are going to do a long-term look of a real investigation, whether they have a tip, whether they have inside information, whatever it may be, who chooses what investigations they take on and what they choose to report on? Who makes that decision?
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford questions the decision-making process for investigations by Inspectors General.

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