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Dick Durbin: “I was there when President Obama signed his first bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and I was glad to be part of…”

On the recordJune 30, 2010
I was there when President Obama signed his first bill, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, and I was glad to be part of that.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin reflects on his involvement in the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.

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