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Dick Durbin: “If Senators want to travel on what amounts to chartered flights, they should pay the charter rate.”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2006
If Senators want to travel on what amounts to chartered flights, they should pay the charter rate.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Jan 25, 2006

Editor's note · Context

Durbin calls for Senators to pay for corporate jet travel.

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