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Dick Durbin: I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Iowa (Mr.…

On the recordApril 28, 2014
I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) are necessarily absent.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 28, 2014

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