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On the recordDecember 4, 2012
while the Senator from Iowa is on the floor--and I will be very brief because there are others waiting to speak--I am so moved and touched by what he had to say. I had the privilege of being in that room with the Senator from Iowa, Senator Harkin, and Senator Dole--both Senators Dole, Senator Bob Dole and Senator Elizabeth Dole. The Senator referred to Justin Dart's widow and his hat was there. My colleague and I saw him wearing that hat the day the disability legislation was signed into law on the White House lawn. In fact I have a photograph I took of the Senator standing there. Persons with Disabilities Treaty
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Dec 4, 2012

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