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Dick Durbin: I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from…

On the recordJuly 7, 2014
I announce that the Senator from Alaska (Mr. Begich), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz) are necessarily absent.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Jul 7, 2014

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