Overheard: Cory Booker on a Roll

By Jason Dick

Posted November 13, 2013 at 11:56am

“He’s on a roll. You don’t want to stop him. Go right ahead, please.”

— Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Thomas R. Carper, encouraging Sen. Cory Booker to continue introducing Homeland Security Secretary-designee Jeh Johnson at the panel’s hearing on Wednesday.

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