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On the recordNovember 3, 2015
I would point out that I tried to have a bet with the Senator from New York, and the offer was I would offer Kansas City barbecue if he would agree not to talk for 45 minutes.
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Jerry Moran
Republican · Kansas

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Moran humorously recalls a bet he tried to make with a New York senator.

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