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On the recordJune 3, 2026
Ms. Lane is not the person for this job. She’s too ideological and too inexperienced for the role to which she has been nominated. I urge my colleagues oppose her nomination.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Concluding remarks on Katie Lane's nomination

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