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Byron Dorgan: “If this were a case where, look, we're having a debate and you're equal to the task--I listened to Senator Rockefeller…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 2010
If this were a case where, look, we're having a debate and you're equal to the task--I listened to Senator Rockefeller and you, you know what, it's a standoff.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Dorgan comments on the debate dynamics and the lack of resolution.

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