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Representative Jim Cooper, of Tennessee, speaks at the GRAMMYs on the Hill event on Capitol Hill on April 15, 2010 in Washington, DC.
Tuesday, Sep. 06, 2011

Open quoteWe no longer search for the best ideas or the best policies. Now you are either an ally or a traitor.Close quote

  • REP. JIM COOPER,
  • Democrat from Tennessee, on the entrenched dysfunction he has seen develop during his 11 terms in Congress
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