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On the recordSeptember 22, 2009
Rather than continue to exist in a sort of fairyland in which a burden shifts to an empty chair and we all pretend to be satisfied with that set of procedures, we should maybe try to rethink how to do that in a more logical and sensible way.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Senator Whitehouse advocates for reevaluating legal procedures regarding burden shifts.

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