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Trent Lott: I appreciate the questioning of the Senator from Oklahoma, and I say that the procedure which I am about to carry out…

On the recordJune 10, 1997
I appreciate the questioning of the Senator from Oklahoma, and I say that the procedure which I am about to carry out here has been forced by the fact that we can't get consideration of the birth defect legislation, we can't get permission for key committees to meet, and we can't get a time agreement on how the debate will occur.
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Trent Lott

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Discussing procedural challenges related to birth defect legislation.

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