Dick Durbin: “I'm tired of hearing, 'Boys will be boys.' 'Oh, it's an isolated…”

On the recordMay 7, 2013

I'm tired of hearing, 'Boys will be boys.' 'Oh, it's an isolated incident.'

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Democratic · Illinois

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Dick Durbin: “I'm tired of hearing, 'Boys will be boys.' 'Oh, it's an isolated incident.'”