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Lloyd Doggett: “Indeed, when I first arrived here on Capitol Hill, an old Capitol Hill staffer told me to remember that here, in…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2015
Indeed, when I first arrived here on Capitol Hill, an old Capitol Hill staffer told me to remember that here, in Congress, every Member is entitled to their own facts.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Doggett highlights the prevalence of differing interpretations of facts in Congress.

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