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Jack Reed: “Senator Vitter had a hearing in Louisiana. In fact, he asked me if he could do that and I agreed to allow him to do it.”

On the recordSeptember 21, 2010
Senator Vitter had a hearing in Louisiana. In fact, he asked me if he could do that and I agreed to allow him to do it.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed praises Vitter's initiative in conducting a hearing on the Stanford fraud.

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