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On the recordJanuary 31, 2017
This is simply a senatorial temper tantrum. The American people deserve better, and I ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to come back to the Committee.
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Dan Sullivan
Republican · Alaska

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Sullivan criticizes colleagues for not participating in the Committee.

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