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Summer Lee: “The difficulty with these hearings is it may provide information, but it may provoke unnecessarily individual…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
The difficulty with these hearings is it may provide information, but it may provoke unnecessarily individual communities that are trying to do their best.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Jackson Lee expresses concern about the impact of hearings on communities.

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