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On the recordFebruary 6, 2017
So a Senator of the United States has been accused of violating a rule of the Senate for restating to the Senate a phrase that has been a matter of record in the Senate--if, indeed, that is the case--for 30 years. I yield the floor. ____________________
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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