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On the recordJune 30, 2010
With few exceptions, whether--and I'm echoing Senator Cardin here--whether you're a worker, a pensioner, a small business owner, a woman, a voter, or a person who drinks water, your rights are harder to defend today than they were 5 years ago.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Rights of various groups have become harder to defend over the past five years.

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