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Charles E. Schumer: “Five shifts, seven hours, two at each end, twenty just for that.”

On the recordSeptember 3, 2003
Five shifts, seven hours, two at each end, twenty just for that.
Said by
Charles E. Schumer
New York
Source
congress.gov
Sep 3, 2003

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