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On the recordJuly 23, 2017
For one thing, the work that the Intelligence Committee is doing by virtue of touching in so many places on classified information is never going to be as public as we had hoped.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of public hearings in congressional investigations.

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