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On the recordMarch 14, 2012
I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business on majority time, and I will yield, of course, to a Republican Senator coming to the floor because I know they have some 15 minutes or so remaining. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 14, 2012

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