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On the recordJune 9, 2010
We cannot ignore the fact that for far too long we just have--we've been without one, and we paid a terrible price for one.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia

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Rockefeller stresses the consequences of lacking TSA leadership.

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