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On the recordApril 27, 2010
Let me go to my blazing close. Let me just say that at the end of the day--currently, lobbyists are being paid $120,000 a day by Wall Street to stop this bill. So far, they have Republicans on their side and they have been successful. In an hour, I hope that all changes. Let them join us in a bipartisan effort to make this economy stronger, make the rules work for average people, and to put some protection in there for the consumers of America. I yield the floor.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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