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Dick Durbin: “If I could respond to the question of the Senator from Alaska, it is my understanding there was an attempt to reach a…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 2006
If I could respond to the question of the Senator from Alaska, it is my understanding there was an attempt to reach a time agreement before this started and, unfortunately, there was objection on the other side of the aisle. But----
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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