In December 2009, after a hundred committee hearings and roundtables here in the Senate, more than a hundred--adoption of over a hundred minority amendments in committee, and after 25 consecutive days of debate on the floor of the Senate, you called the Senate proceedings a complete invalidation of promised transparency.
Merkley criticizes the lack of transparency in Senate proceedings during healthcare debates.
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