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On the recordSeptember 24, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak, though the minority has this first half, and ask the 10 minutes I speak be taken off the majority time at the end of morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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