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Patrick Leahy: “Sometimes the press overlooks the fact, or maybe the public overlooks the fact, the press that covers and knows these…”

On the recordAugust 4, 2015
Sometimes the press overlooks the fact, or maybe the public overlooks the fact, the press that covers and knows these things, tends to overlook the fact that Republicans and Democrats actually do work together on a number of things in this body, as Senator Grassley and I have on a lot of the oversight.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes bipartisan cooperation in Congress despite public perception.

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