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Dick Durbin: “I suppose the first and obvious question is: Why is this Subcommittee meeting in Tampa today?”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2012
I suppose the first and obvious question is: Why is this Subcommittee meeting in Tampa today?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Richard Durbin questions the purpose of the Subcommittee's meeting location.

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