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Dick Durbin: Is the Senator from Mississippi familiar with the fact that in all 50 States across the United States, including his…

On the recordJuly 7, 2003
Is the Senator from Mississippi familiar with the fact that in all 50 States across the United States, including his State and mine, there is no similar provision about the deduction of collateral sources? There is only one other instance where we have passed a law where collateral sources would be credited, and that was for the victims of 9/11.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the lack of provisions for collateral source deductions in state laws.

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