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Howard Griffith: It is our duty, as this Congress, to find and to hold in contempt those people who do not respond, and then to take…

On the recordJune 28, 2018
It is our duty, as this Congress, to find and to hold in contempt those people who do not respond, and then to take their persons into possession and have them explain to a judge how it is that they plan to purge themselves of that contempt. It is reasonable that we give them notice before such action is taken.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia
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Jun 28, 2018

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