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Trent Lott: “With regard to the Presidio conference report, we do have that pending. At the request of the Democratic leader, we are…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1996
With regard to the Presidio conference report, we do have that pending. At the request of the Democratic leader, we are trying to see what the complaints of the administration are. But it sure is hard to get to the goalposts when the goalposts keep moving. This is a big bill, one of the two or three most important preservation and conservation issues of this Congress, maybe the most important. Once again, even after we complied with the request to move out certain objectionable features, the administration is having problems with it.
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Discussing the challenges related to the Presidio conference report and administration complaints.

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