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On the recordJanuary 6, 2016
Legitimate requirements for information must be enforced on a bipartisan basis. Fishing expeditions, blatantly partisan efforts to seek information to embarrass, to humiliate, to undermine will not get bipartisan support and don't deserve it and can understandably cause even more friction in the executive branch in trying to be responsive.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly warns against partisan information requests that hinder cooperation.

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