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On the recordSeptember 29, 2015
Madam Secretary, is it a novelty for there to be lively, even intense disagreements, in the internal agency deliberations?
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse inquires about disagreements in regulatory processes.

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