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On the recordApril 27, 2022
The indecency with which you have been treated by many people on this dais is staggering to me.
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Madeleine Dean
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Dean criticizes the treatment of Secretary Mayorkas during the hearing.

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