I am a little bit mystified as to why we are here in the Rules Committee doing a hearing on something that logically would belong in one of the committees of jurisdiction.
Michael Burgess: “I am a little bit mystified as to why we are here in the Rules Committee doing a hearing on something that logically…”
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Burgess questions the appropriateness of the hearing's location in the Rules Committee.
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