“So, I do it to thank them. I also do it because we have some great people there that are running and I want to make sure they win.”

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Alfonse D'Amato: “I commend the Senator from Delaware. I think it is absolutely an excellent amendment. This is an important financial…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1994
I commend the Senator from Delaware. I think it is absolutely an excellent amendment. This is an important financial industry. It employs hundreds of thousands of people. It is important in the capital markets. It is important they be permitted to compete abroad, and I think that this will have an effect of sending a very clear message that we are serious about seeing to it that free trade is fair; that financial services, and certainly the insurance industry is one of those, is an area that we are not going to permit to be abused, abused by those who would compete freely in our marketplace and yet deny us the same access. So I commend the Senator from Delaware for this thoughtful legislation.
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Commending an amendment related to the financial services industry during Senate floor debate.

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