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Trent Lott: “I am glad we worked out the agreement on the victims' disaster of September 11. I appreciate the cooperation all the way…”

On the recordDecember 20, 2001
I am glad we worked out the agreement on the victims' disaster of September 11. I appreciate the cooperation all the way around. One can tell by the discussion that one of the reasons some of these other meritorious items were not added is that once we had one, there would be two, three, four, and we could not get all those worked out in the short time we had, and we stood the chance of losing the victims' tax provisions. I am glad we did that. Also, I understand many of these provisions, including the New York provision, are in the stimulus package that has been voted on by the House. We are going to eventually get a stimulus package, and I hope and expect that provision will be in the bill.
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Discussing the agreement on provisions for victims of the September 11 disaster during a debate on Defense appropriations.

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