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On the recordDecember 6, 2012
Madam President, as anyone who has looked at the beautiful Delaware flag knows--and it flies in our offices and hallways here--it has a date emblazoned on the bottom--December 7, 1787, and that is known as Delaware Day. That is the day when Delaware became the first State to ratify the Constitution. So to celebrate Delaware Day, we do some things together, don't we?
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Chris Coons
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