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Tom Cole: “We lost a seat on the Ways and Means Committee.”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 33:41

We lost a lot of seniority when Mark Wayne, we lost his seat on Appropriations Committee. We lost a seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee. We lost a seat on the Ways and Means Committee. With Kevin Hearn moving, that will be very difficult for us to replace. It took us 20 years to replace Wes Watkins when we lost him in 2002. So. (33:41–33:44)

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