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Jeanne Shaheen: Good afternoon, everybody. Hopefully that woke you all up.

On the recordJune 22, 2011
Good afternoon, everybody. Hopefully that woke you all up.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

Editor's note · Context

Shaheen opens the hearing and welcomes attendees.

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