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Joe Barton: How can you put the burden on a commissioner if the chairman has the information and the chairman doesn't fully inform…

On the recordJune 13, 2011
How can you put the burden on a commissioner if the chairman has the information and the chairman doesn't fully inform the other commissioners?
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton questions the fairness of placing responsibility on uninformed commissioners.

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