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Steve Cohen: “It is good to have the gavel. The Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2019
It is good to have the gavel. The Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, which is the name it had when the Democrats were in the majority, and it is the Democrats name once again, and forever after, so it shall be, will come to order.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen emphasizes the return of Democratic leadership in the subcommittee.

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