I don't know how many of the committee members share it. But, we are the Armed Services Committee. We have a responsibility, I think, to assure that servicemen and women are not targeted, are not recruited as a result of abuses and other kinds of practices that exploit them.
Dick Durbin: “I don't know how many of the committee members share it. But, we are the Armed Services Committee. We have a…”
On the recordNovember 28, 2016
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Durbin emphasizes the committee's duty to protect servicemen and women from exploitation.
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