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Dick Durbin: “Cory Booker spoke yesterday, it cleared the air finally and refocused us on what we were doing and why we were here.”

On the recordMarch 20, 2022
Cory Booker spoke yesterday, it cleared the air finally and refocused us on what we were doing and why we were here.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin praises Booker's impactful speech during the committee meeting.

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