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On the recordMarch 21, 2020
I want to clarify a statement I made earlier. I said that, because of problems at the control tower at Midway, Southwest Airlines had suspended its flights. It turns out it has substantially curtailed its flights, but it has not suspended all of its flights. I want to put that on the record because, in this moment of great national challenge, we should all take care that our remarks are accurate. The earlier press report has been amended by the newspapers, and I wanted to make my statement on the floor clear. I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 21, 2020

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