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Dale Bumpers: And come back to this floor and do something very responsible that would be very pleasing to the people of this country.…

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
And come back to this floor and do something very responsible that would be very pleasing to the people of this country. If the people of our country saw the Democrats and the Republicans joining hands, to pass more than 50 pieces of legislation in a bipartisan spirit, everyone in America would applaud. I promise you it would lift the morale of the country ever so slightly. We ought to do it, and we certainly ought to do it before we check out of here tonight. I want to sit down with the two Senators from Utah. As I have suggested, perhaps the majority and minority leaders can participate along with the chairman and ranking member of the Energy Committee, and Secretary Babbitt and work on the Utah wilderness bill. I would like to get that contentious item off of the calendar.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Advocating for bipartisan cooperation on legislation, specifically the Utah wilderness bill.

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