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

On the recordJuly 17, 2014
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 17, 2014

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