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On the recordJuly 21, 2011
I think the American people would be profoundly disappointed by that statement. More importantly, they would be profoundly disgusted by the fact that it wasn't enough for the Senate majority leader simply to say: I disagree with it or to point out areas in which he might disagree with it or might want to improve upon it. He went so far as to say it is not even worth our time to debate and discuss this. That smacks of tyranny. Americans don't respond well to tyranny, and this is unacceptable.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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