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On the recordMay 18, 2014
By allowing the DREAM Act to sit idle, we extinguish hope for a lot of people and deny too many the opportunity I was given.
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Daniel Inouye
Democratic · Hawaii

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Inouye expressed concern over the inaction on the DREAM Act and its impact on hopeful individuals.

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