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Rick Santorum: “I am accepting the Senator's arguments as true--that in fact what you are signifying happened is true. By staying there…”

On the recordNovember 5, 1997
I am accepting the Senator's arguments as true--that in fact what you are signifying happened is true. By staying there and not changing things does the Senator think things would get better? To me that is the sin of when you believe that you tried the same thing, and you are going to get a different result by trying the same thing. Then you start to wonder what the thinking is.
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Rick Santorum
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Discussing the need for change in policy during a Senate debate.

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