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On the recordJune 28, 2001
Again, if I am taking a flight to Fargo, which I have done--I have not been invited back, but I did it once--and let us say I have to make a switch.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Using a flight analogy to illustrate a point.

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