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On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
I mean, I call some of these regulatory agencies the grateful dead, grateful that they get paid and dead from the neck up because they don't do a thing.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan criticizes regulatory agencies for inaction despite receiving funding.

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