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On the recordSeptember 14, 2014
This bill makes a state out of the neutral land that houses the Federal Government.
Said by
Thomas Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Coburn criticizes the bill's attempt to make D.C. a state, calling it unprecedented.

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