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On the recordMay 23, 2013
I am cosponsoring this amendment that says the wealthiest 20,000 farmers in America will pay slightly more for their crop insurance so the program will be a sound program for all farmers. I urge my colleagues, in the name of deficit reduction and making this a good program, to vote yes on the Durbin-Coburn amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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May 23, 2013

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