07/08/2009
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"This is a very, very, important day."
"I've said it to you before privately, but I want to say publicly how much I've admired your courage, your persistence and your good will in tackling, you know, this issue."
"Today's hearing, in my view, is a victory for the Oregon way."
"I've been glad to join you as a co-sponsor in many of those proposals."