After chairing the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, he stepped down in 2003 to resume his acting career.

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The magnitude of this challenge will be on display at a hearing of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday.

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Waxman said Chung had given similar off-the-record, unsworn briefings to the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and to investigators from the Department of Justice.

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