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On the recordMarch 11, 2012
Good afternoon, everyone. I will not bang the gavel because we don't know what that will mean.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Shaheen welcomes attendees to the hearing and addresses the uncertainty of banging the gavel.

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