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Jim Cooper: “I just wish we could lock you in one room and get a consensus proposal and then force Congress to act on that.”

On the recordJune 17, 2013
I just wish we could lock you in one room and get a consensus proposal and then force Congress to act on that.
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Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cooper expresses frustration over the lack of consensus in Congress for action.

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