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On the recordApril 24, 2012
Mr. President, I wish to join my friend from Maine in respectfully opposing Senator Akaka's amendment. This workers' compensation program has gotten out of control. Senator Collins has worked hard on this with others. Her reform proposal for the Postal Service struck the Obama administration as so sensible that they asked our committee to extend it to all the Federal Government employees. I urge opposition, respectfully, to the Akaka amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.
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Joe Lieberman
Independent · Connecticut
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Congressional Record · 2012-04-24

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