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On the recordFebruary 12, 2013
I would say to my colleague from Maine that, at the risk of getting him in trouble, it sounded like he was channeling Tom Coburn more than Bernie Sanders.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio
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Portman humorously compares King's views to those of Coburn and Sanders.

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