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"content": "Yes, so that you can give guidance and direction. The committees of any House of Parliament are the turbines which move the House. They are the vehicles upon which the National Assembly is able to execute its functions effectively as per Article 95 of the Constitution. As you ably quoted the other day, the 28th President of the USA, Woodrow Wilson, said: “Congress in session is congress in public exhibition, whilst Congress in committee rooms is Congress at work”. It is the words of “public exhibition” and “Congress at work” that carries serious ramifications for any House of Parliament. Any time this House and its committees conduct its proceedings, we are all at public exhibition. So, the public is always on the lookout on what images this House portrays out there, which is a thin line between whether we are doing what the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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