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Tweet - "This is the first DOJ oversight hearing since October 18, 2017--the only one during the Trump Admin. Annual DOJ oversight hearings were the norm under the Obama administration. I am pleased to restore this tradition as Chair, and I thank AG Garland for appearing before us today."

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By: Dick Durbin

Date: Oct. 27, 2021

Issues: Legislative Branch

"This is the first DOJ oversight hearing since October 18, 2017--the only one during the Trump Admin. Annual DOJ oversight hearings were the norm under the Obama administration. I am pleased to restore this tradition as Chair, and I thank AG Garland for appearing before us today."

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