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On the recordMay 21, 2013
I announce that the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) would vote ``yea.''
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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