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Trent Lott: “I am suggesting at some point his work will be completed and some of what he has may, in fact, be available to the…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 1996
I am suggesting at some point his work will be completed and some of what he has may, in fact, be available to the committee. I do not know to what extent. But I am just expressing a concern about how we just go ahead and wrap it up in 30 days and say we are done with it when there appears to be--in fact, when I look at this, from what I am hearing and what I have heard, it looks to me like the committee really is just getting started with this work. You have not started finding out some of the answers that are still pending out there. I do not want to ask a whole series of questions. Maybe some more will be asked by the Senator from New Mexico. But there are other questions pending. You have not started to write the report. We do not know what is going to be the result of this trial down there.
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Expressing concerns about the committee's progress and the timeline for completing its work.

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