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Douglas Alexander: “I think it is a part of the tradition of the Senate that it be the saucer in which the coffee cools. What we have found…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2003
I think it is a part of the tradition of the Senate that it be the saucer in which the coffee cools. What we have found over the last several days is, as our colleagues on both sides of the aisle have looked at this unfunded Federal mandate that affects internet access, they have more questions about it.
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Douglas Alexander
Labour Party

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of bipartisan cooperation on an unfunded federal mandate affecting internet access.

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