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Tom Carper: “It is rare that we have a hearing that is both illuminating and terrifying, and this is really both.”

On the recordMay 24, 2017
It is rare that we have a hearing that is both illuminating and terrifying, and this is really both.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper describes the dual nature of the hearing's insights on the crisis.

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