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On the recordMay 22, 2013
Mr. Hughes, when you were a trial attorney for the Justice Department, you were involved in several cases relating to the harbor maintenance tax...
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin references Hughes' experience with harbor maintenance tax cases.

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