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Summer Lee: “I will not pretend to answer the gentleman's question, but I do think it lays on the table a moment for the minority to…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2016
I will not pretend to answer the gentleman's question, but I do think it lays on the table a moment for the minority to be able to respond.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Sheila Jackson Lee acknowledges the need for a response from the minority party.

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