Let me first thank Senator Blake Blumenthal for bringing us together on the floor this afternoon, and also Senator Schiff for his excellent statement on this issue, which is so timely and important. I speak to this issue in an unusual personal position. My state, my home state of Illinois, the state that I am elected to represent in the Senate, a state that I love, is under siege by this administration. If you think I'm exaggerating, imagine if you will, for a moment a president who's decided to declare that your town, your state, is somehow on his list to face punitive action by the delegation of military force. (13:04–13:15)
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