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On the recordSeptember 30, 2013
I think what you hear is a sense of urgency in this room that if we do not do this fairly soon, we will not have the opportunities for reform, even in a year, that we have today.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

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Heitkamp emphasizes the urgency for timely reform to seize current opportunities.

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