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Patrick Leahy: “It has been many years getting to this point. I cannot tell you the amount of pride I have in my fellow Senators, both…”

On the recordMarch 8, 2011
It has been many years getting to this point. I cannot tell you the amount of pride I have in my fellow Senators, both Republicans and Democrats. I thank the Senator from Iowa who has been here with me and so many others I mentioned earlier. It is nice to finally have this bill through the Senate.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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govinfo.gov
Mar 8, 2011

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Senator Leahy expresses pride in the bipartisan effort to pass a bill in the Senate.

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