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Ron Johnson: “It was OPM, under pressure from members of Congress and the…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Sen. Johnson at HSGAC Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 10:45

Should members of Congress and their staff get special treatment? I think they shouldn't. I think we should be forced to follow the law. And It was OPM, under pressure from members of Congress and the administration, that circumvented the very clear language of the law. And that's what is at stake in terms of getting the information, in terms of how that all came about. What kind of, again, mental gymnastics were utilized to literally circumvent a very clearly written law. (10:45–10:54)

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Asserts that the Office of Personnel Management circumvented the law under pressure from Congress and the administration.

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