Roland Burris actually said...

So if I have got a bad knee and I am living in Chicago or even Carpenter, Illinois, and I got $20 a month in Chicago and $20 a month in Carpenter, that is what you are saying.

Context

Burris questions the uniformity of veterans' compensation rates across different states.

07/13/2010

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