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FILE - In a Tuesday, June 18, 2013 file photo, Republican Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Fla., questions individuals regarding NSA surveillance in Washington. Rooney, who’s in his fifth term in Congress, held a town hall meeting Monday, March 6, 2017, in Englewood, Fla., during which the majority of the crowd quickly started booing about everything from the environment to health care. Little more than a month into President Donald Trump's administration, Republican members of Congress are returning home to find crowds of concerned and, at times, raucous voters, pressing for explanations of the president's plans for health care, immigration policies and cabinet appointees, among other things. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2018, file photo, Rep. Thomas Rooney, R-Fla., center, talks with reporters as he leaves a House Intelligence Committee meeting where the committee is interviewing former White House strategist Steve Bannon behind closed doors on Capitol Hill in Washington. Partisan sparring over the Russia investigation is causing chaos on the traditionally bipartisan House intelligence committee _ with the panel now planning to build a wall to separate Republican and Democratic staff who have long sat side by side. Rooney, said Feb. 8 that he thinks the committee is “poison” right now, characterizing partisan tensions as a total breakdown on committee that could have national security concerns(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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FILE - In a Tuesday, June 18, 2013 file photo, Republican Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Fla., questions individuals regarding NSA surveillance in Washington. Rooney, who’s in his fifth term in Congress, held a town hall meeting Monday, March 6, 2017, in Englewood, Fla., during which the majority of the crowd quickly started booing about everything from the environment to health care. Little more than a month into President Donald Trump's administration, Republican members of Congress are returning home to find crowds of concerned and, at times, raucous voters, pressing for explanations of the president's plans for health care, immigration policies and cabinet appointees, among other things. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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**FILE** Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command, testifies before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

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