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On the recordJanuary 18, 2017
Your new Democratic colleague in the Senate, Senator Tammy Duckworth, from Illinois, also introduced a version of that legislation.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford acknowledges Duckworth's previous efforts on similar legislation.

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