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On the recordMarch 23, 2015
I do think the $50 billion threshold that--look, one of the things that is most strange about serving in the Senate is you realize we just make this stuff up, right?
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker reflects on the arbitrary nature of the $50 billion threshold in legislation.

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