On the recordJanuary 17, 2024
This move to not allow one of our colleagues in the U.S. Congress who's been elected by the people she represents to sit and participate on a panel like this is, I think, unprecedented.
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congress.govJoaquin Castro: “This move to not allow one of our colleagues in the U.S. Congress who's been elected by the people she represents to sit…”
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Castro criticizes the decision to exclude Barbara Lee from the hearing.
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