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Arlen Specter: “What congressional oversight is possible? Sometimes licensing procedures are fine and sometimes they are not, but they…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2002
What congressional oversight is possible? Sometimes licensing procedures are fine and sometimes they are not, but they do not have the assurance which this deliberative body can apply. So my specific question is, What level of oversight would the Senator from Alaska envisage with the licensing procedures?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the level of congressional oversight regarding licensing procedures.

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