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Jack Reed: “Let me be the first to say that Congress belongs on the list of those responsible.”

On the recordNovember 30, 2016
Let me be the first to say that Congress belongs on the list of those responsible.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed acknowledges Congress's responsibility for oversight failures.

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