# The Silencing of Elizabeth Warren

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 8, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silencing-of-elizabeth-warren/779322 "2017-02-08T13:26:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silencing-of-elizabeth-warren/779322/101 "2017-02-12T03:11:31Z")

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Question. Since the King letter was already in the Congressional Record, could Warren read from the record without being censured?

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silencing-of-elizabeth-warren/779322/102 "2017-02-13T14:56:47Z")

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Doubtful. The _Record_ is more like a sort of joint congressional blog than a true transcript of House and Senate proceedings (unlike, say, _Hansard_). Congresspeople can have basically anything they want printed in the Record even if they never actually said it in committee, open session, or any other formal proceedings.

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