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Dick Durbin: “It has been 4 months, and we still cannot answer that basic question: what was the ambulatory status of this diseased…”

On the recordMarch 25, 2004
It has been 4 months, and we still cannot answer that basic question: what was the ambulatory status of this diseased cow?
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Mar 25, 2004

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Senator Durbin questions the status of a cow related to BSE.

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