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Lisa Murkowski: “So we probably don't have much more than an hour or an hour and a half to have a hold that is applicable now, put on by…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 1996
So we probably don't have much more than an hour or an hour and a half to have a hold that is applicable now, put on by the Democrats at the dictate of the White House, and if we don't get this thing done now, it is going to be too late and there is not going to be a Presidio, there is not going to be a San Francisco Bay cleanup, there is not going to be Sterling Forest, there is not going to be the ski exchange, and we simply have to move now. It is now or never, and I implore my colleagues on the other side to look at the merits of this package in its entirety and let us vote on it. That is why we are here.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

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Addressing the urgency of passing a legislative package during Senate floor debate.

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