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Patrick Leahy: “The proposed commission, I submit to you, cannot.”

On the recordMarch 3, 2009
The proposed commission, I submit to you, cannot.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Leahy argues that the commission lacks the authority to investigate criminal matters.

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