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On the recordApril 21, 2015
Thank you, and I want to thank the folks on our Committee and, frankly, a lot of my colleagues and people around the country who have expressed just personal feelings about what those of us who were riding that train last night from Washington up to New York are feeling and thinking.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper expresses gratitude to colleagues and acknowledges shared sentiments after a train incident.

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