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On the recordApril 29, 2015
What we are doing here today isn't about oversight; it is about finding excuses. It is about making up reasons to delay actions. It is a disservice to the American public that expects and deserves better.
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Brendan Boyle
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Boyle criticizes the committee's actions as excuses that fail to serve the public.

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