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Tim Walz: Not every four-letter word has four letters, and the United States Senate is one of those places.

On the recordOctober 11, 2017
Not every four-letter word has four letters, and the United States Senate is one of those places.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz humorously critiques the complexities of working with the Senate.

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