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Cory Booker: I want to call the hearing to order and bang the gavel. I'm doing this simply because of an ego need that I have being…

On the recordMay 3, 2015
I want to call the hearing to order and bang the gavel. I'm doing this simply because of an ego need that I have being such a new Senator.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Senator Booker expresses excitement about leading the hearing as a new Senator.

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