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From The Hill:\u00a0 The House Committee on Natural Resources is reportedly seeking to have the words \u201cso help you God\u201d removed from the oath recited by witnesses who testify before the panel, according to a proposal\u00a0obtained by Fox News. The\u00a0rules proposal\u00a0states that witnesses appearing in hearings before the committee would be administered the following oath: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":18551,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-295300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-ripped-from-the-headlines"],"yoast_head":"\n
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