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John Cornyn: My sense is that the needle is moving in Congress, and members on both sides of the aisle understand what you have so…

On the recordJune 18, 2012
My sense is that the needle is moving in Congress, and members on both sides of the aisle understand what you have so eloquently expressed in terms of the dire nature of our current circumstances and what the pragmatic solutions are, going forward.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Cornyn acknowledges a growing bipartisan understanding of urgent issues.

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