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On the recordMarch 14, 2001
What the Senator is saying is that no one has come to the floor defending the payday loans and the loan sharks?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the lack of defense for payday loans during Senate debate.

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