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On the recordMay 6, 2013
I was one of those who argued strenuously, including on the floor of the Senate, against cutting all aid or freezing all aid to Egypt.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin expresses his past opposition to cutting aid to Egypt.

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