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Dick Durbin: “I guess--I pray you're right, and I hope you're right, and I have no reason to believe you're not correct in what you've…”

On the recordApril 23, 2018
I guess--I pray you're right, and I hope you're right, and I have no reason to believe you're not correct in what you've just said.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin expresses hope for the accuracy of the testimony regarding fleet building.

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