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The New York Times reported that Grijalva was turned away from his official House of Representatives photo session because he wasn't wearing a necktie. Grijalva, whose previous job was on the county board of supervisors, claimed he didn't own a tie. His aides spirited him to the Men's Wearhouse. "I knew I was going to need one of those," Grijalva told the paper. "I just didn't know it was going to be that soon."

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