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On the recordJune 13, 2022
It's one thing to have a need for speed. It's something else to use the need for speed as a subterfuge for getting money out of the door to people known to be criminals, or felt to be criminals.
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Jim Clyburn
Democratic · South Carolina

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Clyburn criticizes using urgency as an excuse for fraud.

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