Political Quotes

On the recordJune 26, 2017
I want you to come to the programs that you are proposing are going to be cut.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin invites a colleague to witness the impact of proposed program cuts in Chicago.

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