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Frank Lautenberg: It's just a question of how much juice you can squeeze out of a melon, without it, not having anything left.

On the recordJune 22, 2011
It's just a question of how much juice you can squeeze out of a melon, without it, not having anything left.
Said by
Frank Lautenberg
Democratic · New Jersey

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Lautenberg discusses the limits of resources available to the Coast Guard.

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