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On the recordJanuary 1, 2013
He has been suffering, if you will, through these nearly 400 filibusters in the 6 years he has been majority leader, while so many issues in America go unaddressed; each one of these filibusters procedurally taking up as much as a week of the Senate's time, even if we can get to vote to shut it down. We must change the way we do our business in this Chamber to honor our responsibility under the Constitution to legislate in order to address the big issues facing Americans. I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon
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govinfo.gov
Jan 1, 2013

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