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Arlen Specter: “So often these hearings tend to be a little sterile with witnesses testifying and not a whole lot of interaction.”

On the recordMay 19, 2009
So often these hearings tend to be a little sterile with witnesses testifying and not a whole lot of interaction.
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Specter comments on the nature of hearings and the need for interaction.

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