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Joe Cunningham: I asked my colleague that spoke earlier, I said, In the caucus meeting, did you invite anybody else? They said, No, it…

On the recordMarch 5, 2003
I asked my colleague that spoke earlier, I said, In the caucus meeting, did you invite anybody else? They said, No, it was just the caucus. I asked, Did you invite anyone from outside so when you claim he did not answer questions, that it was not a fix, that the memo to the other body was not written before the conclusion of the caucus meeting? The reason for that is I heard all of the questions asked to Mr. Estrada. I missed a lot of sleep, and I also read the answers, and I heard the claims that he did not answer the questions on the other side. Every question was an A-plus answer, and the newspapers have editorialized about that. I wondered about the claims of the Hispanic Caucus in the House where they had a meeting, had no outside intervention. Was the gentleman from Florida ever asked to participate? Because they said the Republican Hispanics chose not to go on the Hispanic Caucus. Were you ever asked to sit in on the meeting where the questions were asked?
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the participation and transparency of the caucus meeting regarding Mr. Estrada's nomination.

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