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Pete Sessions: “I ask Senator Hatch, for the people who may not understand, it is the chairman's responsibility to call a hearing and to…”

On the recordMay 19, 2011
I ask Senator Hatch, for the people who may not understand, it is the chairman's responsibility to call a hearing and to begin a markup, and the minority is not able to call the committee into effect. So we do have to look to the chairman, and probably the chairman would operate in relation to the majority leader to call the committee into session; is that right?
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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May 19, 2011

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