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On the recordJune 12, 2024
As the Chair acknowledged, we didn't start at 10. We started nearly an hour late or just over an hour late because he and his Republican colleagues had prioritized a meeting with Donald Trump over a Committee hearing and presumably they received their latest marching orders to weaponize congressional power against our criminal justice system because that's what we're seeing here today. It's outrageous.
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Thomas Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Scanlon criticizes the committee for prioritizing Trump over their duties.

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