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On the recordMarch 17, 2010
There are some in the Senate now who want us to be taken out of this process. They do not want these questions to be asked, and I think that is wrong.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin criticizes efforts to limit Senate oversight and questioning.

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