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David Cicilline: “Is there any Committee Rule that prevents a Member of Congress from reciting false statements in a Committee hearing…”

On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
Is there any Committee Rule that prevents a Member of Congress from reciting false statements in a Committee hearing that are unsupported by the evidence?
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline questions the integrity of statements made in the hearing.

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