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John Larson: “The Congress, at the end of the day, should be about the vitality of ideas, and how we interact with those ideas.”

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
The Congress, at the end of the day, should be about the vitality of ideas, and how we interact with those ideas.
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John Larson
Democratic · Connecticut

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Larson emphasizes the importance of ideas and bipartisan cooperation in Congress.

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