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Dale Bumpers: “I have never been as happy with my decision not to seek reelection as I have been today. I have been voting on…”

On the recordJune 25, 1997
I have never been as happy with my decision not to seek reelection as I have been today. I have been voting on amendments that involve billions of dollars today with only a superficial or cursory knowledge of what I was voting on. I would hate to have to go home and explain to people what was involved in all of these amendments, particularly this one which I do not have a clue about. But we must not lose sight of the point that the distinguished Senator from West Virginia made... it is the rule that is the tyrant here with 20 hours to debate this part of the reconciliation bill and 20 hours to debate the tax portion of it, which is monumental... We will wind up at the end of that 20 hours precisely the way we have with this one. There will be a long list of amendments down there. Maybe we will have another unanimous-consent agreement where you are allowed 60 seconds to explain a bill that involves $10 billion.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
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Discussing the limitations of debate time on significant legislation during Senate floor debate.

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