A Quote by Rahm Emanuel
I do not believe the government has the right to investigate somebody's private life.
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Congress has the constitutional authority to investigate the other agencies of government. We are the watchdogs of the taxpayer's money, and we have the right to know how that money is being spent and to conduct oversight over the government.
We believe that government works for the benefit of private life, and not the other way around.
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