Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My apologies to the subcommittee and everyone in attendance, but we had an overlapping hearing of the senate judiciary committee upstairs which caused me to be a little bit late to arrive.
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Durbin apologizes for being late due to a scheduling conflict.
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