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On the recordSeptember 11, 2012
I, too, am hoping for better days, but my hope is tempered by the fact that these words were written in 1955, and yet here we are again.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Senator Collins reflects on ongoing issues at GSA since 1955.

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