“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordDecember 14, 2011
I had understood Senator Durbin was making his best efforts to join us and now may have been unavoidably detained.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
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Coons notes Durbin's absence from the hearing.

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