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On the recordDecember 7, 2021
I just want to thank my colleague Senator Cotton and my chairman Senator Durbin for the way in which that resolved itself. For a minute, we actually feel like a Senate here.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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