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Chris Murphy: “It was interesting, I got to hear the end of our colleagues' remarks from across this side of the aisle; and one of the…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2007
It was interesting, I got to hear the end of our colleagues' remarks from across this side of the aisle; and one of the things they have asked of this Congress, and you hear it over and over again as we talk about this war in Iraq, is that we have to finish the job. And I think there is a question that has to come before that subject. We have got to start asking a little bit more in this place what that job is. I think that is what this debate is about, in part, this week, and the debate that we have renewed here since we have brought the House under new leadership. What is the job that we need to be doing in order to keep this country safe?
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Discussing the responsibilities of Congress regarding the war in Iraq.

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