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Jeff Merkley: “I appreciate the chance to sit in on the conversation. The first Senate that I saw in operation was in 1976 when I was…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2017
I appreciate the chance to sit in on the conversation. The first Senate that I saw in operation was in 1976 when I was here dropping out of college for a year to intern and volunteer for groups and watch how Congress worked.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley shares his early experiences in the Senate and reflects on its operational changes.

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