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Dick Durbin: reserving the right to object, let me say at the outset that I have the highest respect for my colleague from Arizona.…

On the recordJuly 31, 2014
reserving the right to object, let me say at the outset that I have the highest respect for my colleague from Arizona. We are friends. We came to Congress at the same time, as has mentioned on the floor, and spent month after month together on the comprehensive immigration bill. I believe there were 130 amendments that were considered to that bill. I thought that was an orderly, thoughtful process. I hope we can return to it. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 31, 2014

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