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Roland Burris: “I have seen lines wrapping around the wall and guards going through bags and pocketbooks very extensively to secure us…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2009
I have seen lines wrapping around the wall and guards going through bags and pocketbooks very extensively to secure us, and what the GAO indication is, this is not happening in our Federal facilities out in the various States and communities.
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Roland Burris
Democratic · Illinois

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Burris expresses concern about security measures in federal facilities compared to the Capitol.

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