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Rep. Will Hurd: Why I voted to release the Nunes memo

The duty to inform the American public is one of my biggest responsibilities as an elected representative in our democratic republic.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., walks to the House Intelligence Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

In 1885, Woodrow Wilson wrote in his treatise “Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics” that “the informing function of Congress should be preferred even to its legislative function.”

I voted to release the Nunes memo because, like Wilson, I believe that the duty to inform the American public is one of my biggest responsibilities as an elected representative in our democratic republic.