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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
I am one not afraid at all, through my record of 12 years, to invalidate Executive power when it violates the law.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin asserts his willingness to challenge executive power if it breaches the law.

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