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Claire McCaskill: I certainly don't want to insult your intelligence. I would never want to do that with folks I work for.

On the recordJune 28, 2009
I certainly don't want to insult your intelligence. I would never want to do that with folks I work for.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Expressing respect for constituents' intelligence during the hearing.

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