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On the recordJune 21, 2017
Certainly. And one of those aspects of the question of privilege is how conflicts of interest interface with what we are doing here in the House. I mentioned the tax returns and the Russia investigation, but there is a new one out today, and that is in the budget. I assume eventually we are going to have a budget resolution presented here, though it is very late this year. But when we take up that budget resolution and we take up the appropriation bills, The Washington Post reports that, while there have been significant cuts in the Housing and Urban Development budget, as many people cannot afford housing-- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman must confine his remarks to the question of the privileges of the House.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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