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Barbara Boxer: “However, without taking any of your time away--I have given you another 5 minutes. But I figure this way. If we did have…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 2009
However, without taking any of your time away--I have given you another 5 minutes. But I figure this way. If we did have to fight Rhode Island, 37 million people versus 1 million, I will take it.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Boxer humorously asserts California's advantage in a hypothetical competition with Rhode Island.

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