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On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
Mr. President, again, I am trying to understand. If Members just want to speak to their amendments, there is not a problem with what the Senator has suggested. It is just the question of whether we are getting amendments pending, because we have been going back and forth, side to side, up to this point in time. I will be happy to put the microphone down and let the Senator from California speak to her amendment while Senator Cantwell and I talk about how we get more amendments pending. That way she can get talking.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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