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On the recordJune 11, 2013
This looks like a, you know, I forget the David Mamet play that the guy in the boiler room saying, you know----
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Senator Reed compares the situation to a David Mamet play, implying skepticism about the process.

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