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Lisa Murkowski: I hope the chairman of the Energy Committee would recognize the reality and acknowledge that indeed the reason we could…

On the recordMarch 5, 2002
I hope the chairman of the Energy Committee would recognize the reality and acknowledge that indeed the reason we could not agree on proceeding within the committee on various amendments is because we could only agree to it if we didn't offer an amendment to put ANWR in the package. If I am wrong on that, I hope Senator Bingaman will correct me. That is clearly my understanding. The realization was that the votes were there to vote it out of committee, and they didn't want to have a vote in committee. That is a rationale. I think we should quit kidding ourselves.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the challenges in reaching agreement on energy legislation in the Senate Energy Committee.

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