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On the recordDecember 20, 2013
I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New York. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Dec 20, 2013

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