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Dick Durbin: “I think he is accurate in his description of what we have been doing in the last couple of days, which is trying to not…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2004
I think he is accurate in his description of what we have been doing in the last couple of days, which is trying to not provide for the public interest but to protect special interests, and not to provide individual citizens a right, regretfully, when they have been harmed, at least a right to make a determination of who should be held liable, but simply and categorically strip away these rights and to protect industries that have powerful influence in Washington.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing exemptions from liability for special interest groups during Senate debate.

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