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Al Franken: “I really, I believe that the smaller, slower bridge would also require an exemption, a congressional exemption.”

On the recordJuly 27, 2011
I really, I believe that the smaller, slower bridge would also require an exemption, a congressional exemption.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken discusses the need for a congressional exemption for a new bridge.

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