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On the recordJuly 30, 2013
I hope we don't, none of us, cling to a bill that may be perfect in any of our individual minds that will not pass.
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David Vitter
Republican · Louisiana

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Senator Vitter warns against insisting on a perfect bill that lacks support.

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