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On the recordJuly 31, 2014
Mr. President, I think my colleague knows absolutely the reason why. All this is just disingenuous. My friend knows--we discussed it--that if we load down this bill with extraneous amendments on other subjects it would never pass. We know that. I have been around here a long time. I know how a bill becomes a law, and thank God I learned it. One thing I know. When you start loading down a very important piece of legislation that is emergency legislation with unrelated amendments, it is not going to be able to be done on the way out the door, and my friend knows it. We have----
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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