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On the recordMarch 10, 2015
As a Senator from Illinois, our true gift to the people of this country has been individual freedom and dignity, epitomized by the Lincoln candidacy for the Senate, and by the victory in the Civil War. We should not allow the freedom of the Internet to allow freedom to enslave others. These two men have made tens of millions of dollars. I yield back to the distinguished majority whip.
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Mark Kirk
Republican · Illinois

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