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Dick Durbin: “I am not against the idea of a pilot project, if that appears to be feasible or necessary, to see what the actual…”

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
I am not against the idea of a pilot project, if that appears to be feasible or necessary, to see what the actual reaction of postal consumers would be if you tried it in a given area, and to try to measure from that whether this makes good public policy.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin supports pilot projects to gauge public reaction and policy effectiveness.

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