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Dick Durbin: reserving the right to object. The Republican side has already used 45 minutes, so I hope the Senator from Texas is…

On the recordSeptember 9, 2015
reserving the right to object. The Republican side has already used 45 minutes, so I hope the Senator from Texas is saying that between 2:15 p.m. and 5 p.m. the time will be equally divided, and we will rotate from one side to the other.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Sep 9, 2015

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