On the recordDecember 17, 2010
I have withheld the entire day from coming to the floor and speaking about the DREAM Act... I will come to the floor and speak on the DREAM Act, but I don't want to interrupt what he is doing at this moment.
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Senator Durbin discusses the timing of his remarks on the DREAM Act in relation to the New START treaty debate.
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