Louis Fisher Testimony, CRS Oversight Hearing, June 2019

Louis Fisher, a Constitutional Scholar at the Project On Government Oversight, submitted this written testimony to the Committee on House Administration for a June 20, 2019 hearing entitled "Oversight of the Congressional Research Service."

July 26, 2019

By Louis Fisher

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Louis Fisher is an executive power scholar at POGO.

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