On the recordOctober 9, 1998
there are few Senators in the U.S. Senate for whom I have ever held a higher esteem than my good friend Bob Bennett. Therefore, several months ago, when I put a hold on this Utah land exchange, which was divinely desired by the Governor and the Interior Department, which is a rare instance--would that all land exchanges had this kind of support--I went to Senator Bennett and I told him privately--and he will agree to this--I told him privately, ``Bob, if push comes to shove''--I am not going to go into the details of why I put a hold on it. We all do these things around here occasionally. I never liked it, but sometimes we have to do things to protect ourselves. I told Senator Bennett privately, ``At the right time, I will take my hold off this bill.'' I said, ``I want you to know I would never allow something this popular and well received to go down and''
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