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John Cornyn: I do not have any statistics at hand, but I would imagine that the number of people or the percentage of people who…

On the recordMarch 12, 2013
I do not have any statistics at hand, but I would imagine that the number of people or the percentage of people who actually file lawsuits is a much smaller number than those who make FOIA requests in the first place.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Senator Cornyn discusses the disparity between FOIA requests and lawsuits.

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