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Dick Durbin: “I ask my colleague from Delaware, since I am taking his language from the START treaty and have venerated it, deified…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2003
I ask my colleague from Delaware, since I am taking his language from the START treaty and have venerated it, deified it, given it all of the credence any Senator could ask, whether he would be kind enough to join me.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the START treaty and seeking collaboration with a colleague.

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