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On the recordJuly 17, 2012
I thank the distinguished Senator from Colorado for his impassioned and eloquent support. I think we recognize that through the course of our country's history, men and women have shed their blood, have laid down their lives in order to protect this experiment in liberty that is the ongoing gift of our country to the rest of the world. When we take that experiment of liberty and turn it over to the special interests, it is a grave occasion. I yield the floor. THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized. ____________________
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jul 17, 2012

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