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On the recordJuly 12, 2023
I've spent enough time in the Senate to think that freewheeling chat among Senators is rarely productive.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Critiques unstructured discussions in the Senate, advocating for concrete proposals.

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