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LIVE UPDATES: PGA Tour officials testify before a Senate subcommittee investigating the company's planned merger with Saudi-backed LIV Golf.

and other human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, Johnson said in his opening statement, adding that"legitimate questions" surrounding the merger are merely one tenet of a broader effort to hold Saudi Arabia to account.

"Congress does have legitimate role to play in settling the confusion in the law governing professional sports," he said, but noted that he did not sign the Democratic majority's"request for information" because"the parties are in the midst of what should be a private negotiation, and there is no deal to review.

"Instead of losing control of the PGA Tour, an American institution and tradition, we pursued a peace that would not only end the divisive litigation battles, but would also maintain the PGA Tour’s structure, mission, and longstanding support for charity," he said.

 

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