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Dick Durbin: “I would like to ask the chairman if I could have 8 minutes or 10 minutes to speak.”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2012
I would like to ask the chairman if I could have 8 minutes or 10 minutes to speak.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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govinfo.gov
Jan 26, 2012

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