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On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
I have never pitched a ball game. I never have. I am very proud of what you have done in your baseball career. But let me tell you, this is a wild pitch you are throwing tonight because this is a pitch that is hitting somebody in the stands, it is hitting an unemployed worker in Illinois. That is a wild pitch that should not have been thrown, Senator. I believe when you look at what this is going to do across America, this is unforgivable that we would do this to these unemployed people.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Feb 25, 2010

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Senator Durbin criticizes a colleague's actions affecting unemployed workers.

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