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On the recordJune 11, 2007
I think the president is wrong to push this piece of legislation so hard, after we have demonstrated the flaws that are in it. He needs to back off.
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Jeff Sessions
Republican · Alabama

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Senator Jeff Sessions critiques President Bush's aggressive push for immigration reform.

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