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On the recordJuly 27, 2009
This discussion, the fundamental difference is that my sense of the 23 or 24 of us that sit on this Committee particular, is there is a great appetite for trying to figure out what works.
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Chris Dodd
Democratic · Connecticut

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Dodd highlights the committee's focus on practical solutions over ideological debates.

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