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Richard Neal: “We don't know what was on those ships because they were…”

Featuring: Richard Neal, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 1st Congressional District

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U.S. Rep. Richard Neal on government shutdown, pressure on GOP

Published | Video Starts at 07:57

And now some of your colleagues on Capitol Hill want to open hearings about that. Is this an appropriate use of force? By the Trump administration, or is this something else that's going on? Well, We don't know what was on those ships because they were sunk. We don't know who the witnesses were because they're dead. And Adam Smith, who is the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee and a very good friend of mine, I think that his request for hearings on the Defense Committee is appropriate. (07:57–08:04)

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Asserts that evidence and witnesses from the sunk ships are unavailable.

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