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Watch Joe Barton Learn Louise Slaughter Wasn’t Born in Texas

By Thomas McKinless

Posted November 15, 2017 at 10:30pm

By Thomas McKinless and Alex Gangitano

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After announcing to the House Rules Committee Tuesday night that his colleague Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (who represents New York) was born in El Paso, Texas, Rep. Joe L. Barton was in for a surprise when he learned where she actually hails from. Read the full story here.

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