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On the recordNovember 16, 2011
Well, my time has expired, but I continue to believe that it would be both advisable and helpful to the process if you would take your wishes for this legislation and actually make them public and write them down in a way that everybody can look at and comment on them.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the importance of transparency in legislative wishes.

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