This isn't legitimate oversight. It is a political theater, and it is pretty bad theater at that.
Mary Gay Scanlon: “This isn't legitimate oversight. It is a political theater, and it is pretty bad theater at that.”
On the recordJune 3, 2024
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Scanlon describes the hearing as a distraction from serious legislative work.
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