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Chris Smith: We talk to ourselves too much. We like to learn by talking to people who are experts in what they do.

On the recordJune 24, 2015
We talk to ourselves too much. We like to learn by talking to people who are experts in what they do.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith reflects on the need for Congress to engage with experts.

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