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On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
It is hard to remember that our job was to drain the swamp when we are up to our eyeballs in alligators.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper reflects on the challenges of addressing complex issues while dealing with immediate problems.

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