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Dem Washington House majority leader apologizes for being ‘impaired’ during budget hearing

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A Democratic Washington state lawmaker has apologized after admitting that he showed up to a committee hearing after drinking alcohol following his somewhat slurred remarks during the proceeding.  Democratic state Rep. Joe Fitzgibbon, the state House Majority leader, said it was a "serious mistake for many reasons" when he appeared at a House Appropriations Committee meeting Wednesday where he discussed the operating budget. "I made a poor choice last night by drinking alcohol before we had finished our work for the day," Fitzgibbon explained in a statement to "The Jason Rantz Show," which fir...

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