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On the recordNovember 18, 2013
Well, it is fascinating that this system, which is not, if you will, continuously tended but is in this public space, has been robust enough to hold up for this long without a major flaw that brought the entire thing down.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley comments on the resilience of the current system despite its public nature.

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