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Jay Rockefeller: “In a Senate so full of toxicity and partisanship, I think your sort of attitude, your listening, your energy, your…”

On the recordMay 13, 2014
In a Senate so full of toxicity and partisanship, I think your sort of attitude, your listening, your energy, your knowledge, your ability to defer properly things which you have not yet done because you are still in another job but are anxious to get at, is in a sense what the chairman is saying.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Rockefeller emphasizes the importance of a constructive attitude in a partisan Senate.

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