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Tim Ryan: as the Republicans move to rise, as they move to adjourn, as they try to filibuster, that is just buying time for these…

On the recordJune 13, 2007
as the Republicans move to rise, as they move to adjourn, as they try to filibuster, that is just buying time for these programs not to get implemented. And God forbid the American people, after another attack, come to us and say, what were you doing? Why didn't you have the technology on the ports? The Republicans are going to have to go back home to their district and say, we were filibustering this bill.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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Addressing Republican filibustering of a bill related to port security and technology.

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