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On the recordMarch 24, 2014
This must be an election year. I thought that statement, from my good friend, was needlessly alarmist and partisan.
Said by
Jim Cooper
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cooper criticizes a colleague's alarmist statement, suggesting it is politically motivated.

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