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On the recordMarch 6, 2013
I'd like to go back a bit in time with each of you, and go back to when the Senate--particularly Senators Lieberman, Collins, Rockefeller, myself, Feinstein--offered the earlier version of our legislation, our comprehensive legislation.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper reflects on past legislation efforts involving multiple senators.

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