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Heard on the Hill: Overheard on the Hill

“My mother let me quit [piano]. That was the only mistake she made in an otherwise perfect job of raising me.”

— Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) takes a break from not eulogizing Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) to rib his mother.

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