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Dick Durbin: “This was amazing legislation because it was so strongly bipartisan. Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, then Senator Bob Dole…”

On the recordMarch 4, 2003
This was amazing legislation because it was so strongly bipartisan. Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, then Senator Bob Dole of Kansas, they came through and said, on a bipartisan basis, let us extend freedoms and opportunities to people in America who have been denied those opportunities; let us pass a Federal law--Congress passes it, and the President signs it--and establish opportunities for disabled Americans. I think this is a good illustration of what happens with the Court when it goes too far in one direction.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing the bipartisan support for the Americans with Disabilities Act and its implications.

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