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Al Franken: Part of the reason to have transparency is for people to be able to make their decisions based on some real information…

On the recordDecember 10, 2013
Part of the reason to have transparency is for people to be able to make their decisions based on some real information about whether or not this power is being abused or not.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken emphasizes the importance of transparency to prevent abuse of power.

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