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Michael Burgess: “It begs the question, why do we ask for the data if we are not going to use it?”

On the recordJune 14, 2022
It begs the question, why do we ask for the data if we are not going to use it?
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess questions the purpose of collecting data without utilizing it effectively.

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