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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Let me just briefly welcome our witnesses to this chamber, one in which reality is so often suspended, one in which…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
Let me just briefly welcome our witnesses to this chamber, one in which reality is so often suspended, one in which science is so often twisted and mocked and one in which the power of special interests to manipulate American democracy is often so nakedly revealed.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse critiques the manipulation of science and democracy by special interests.

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