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On the recordSeptember 22, 2009
I'm correct that there has never once been an adverse party that showed up in a 215 hearing. Not once.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse notes the absence of opposing parties in 215 hearings.

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