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On the recordDecember 10, 2013
You keep saying there are three--there is oversight from all three branches of Government. We are one of the branches, and we are doing the oversight.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota

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Franken asserts the Senate's role in overseeing government actions.

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