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On the recordOctober 24, 2017
Mr. Pascrell will go into this in some detail. But we held hearings on this, and we didn't have any support from the other side of the aisle when we pointed out all of the abuses that were going on in New Jersey, Mr. Chairman, with monitors being appointed that were making $52 million--Mr. Ashcroft, in particular--other monitors who had involvement in cases that Mr. Christie was involved in, which his brother was involved in, and where money was given to Mr. Christie's law school and other pet projects. Nobody on the other side criticized it. It was only when they cared about Obama.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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