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Zachary Schermele
USA TODAY
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Then-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivers his opening statement prior to the testimony of Fmr. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in March 2024.
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Dick Durbin speaks during the news conference discussing the federal funding he and U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos secured for the Rockford YMCA Youth Center on Oct. 27, 2022, at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Rockford, Ill.
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) gestures, on the first day of the 119th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., Jan. 3.
Zachary Schermele is a congressional reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach him by email at zschermele@usatoday.com. Follow him on X at @ZachSchermele and Bluesky at @zachschermele.bsky.social.
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Then-House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul delivers his opening statement prior to the testimony of Fmr. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in March 2024.
Dick Durbin speaks during the news conference discussing the federal funding he and U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos secured for the Rockford YMCA Youth Center on Oct. 27, 2022, at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Rockford, Ill.