On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
Mr. Chairman, we waited for more than a year with a vacancy on the Supreme Court under the direction of your Leader in the United States Senate, and the republic survived.
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Durbin reflects on the prolonged vacancy of the Supreme Court and its impact on the republic.
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