Jon Kyl said "Senator Dole came to the floor to offer the amendment to take away the political argument, because a red herring, as it were, was being raised, an argument that somehow his bill was going to permit people to get sick when, in fact, the bill would not do that at all. But to get the issue off the table so people would not continue to talk about it, he said, ``Fine, we will create a belt and suspenders. The bill already prohibits it, but we will make it crystal clear so that argument cannot be made anymore, so people cannot scare people.''" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 11, 1995

Senator Dole came to the floor to offer the amendment to take away the political argument, because a red herring, as it were, was being raised, an argument that somehow his bill was going to permit people to get sick when, in fact, the bill would not do that at all. But to get the issue off the table so people would not continue to talk about it, he said, ``Fine, we will create a belt and suspenders. The bill already prohibits it, but we will make it crystal clear so that argument cannot be made anymore, so people cannot scare people.''

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Jon Kyl

Republican · Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing an amendment proposed by Senator Dole to clarify provisions of a bill.

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