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On the recordMay 26, 2010
If the Senator will further yield for a question, it would seem, since two of these three amendments are emanating from the State of Arizona, there is a free-for-all in Arizona to think of more extreme ways to respond to what they consider to be a political situation there, from the passage of the legislation--and I concur with the analysis of the Senator from New Jersey of it--and now $2 rac{1}{4} billion dollars to be sent down for other--I am sorry, that includes the Cornyn amendment, the Senator from Texas. It is $200 million for Senator Kyl--let's say $450 million between Senators McCain and Kyl, money to be sent into this Arizona situation. I wonder if we shouldn't declare a time out in Arizona for at least some thoughtful reflection about what works and what doesn't. It seems there is no end to ideas that are being propounded down there to respond to situations real and imagined. These amendments are clear evidence.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 26, 2010

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Senator Durbin discusses the political situation and funding related to Arizona's legislative amendments.

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