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On the recordMarch 5, 2003
Commissioner Keys, it is good to have a westerner who talks with a southern accent and I am glad Sheffield, Alabama, taught you how to say things right.
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Thad Cochran
Republican · Mississippi

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Senator Cochran comments on Commissioner Keys' background.

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