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On the recordSeptember 20, 2011
I particularly appreciate your putting before us the potential of changing the dysfunctional congressional structure itself.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon

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Blumenauer discusses the need to reform Congress's structure for better functionality.

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