I think we ought to accommodate families as much as possible. So in the evenings when you can stack the votes I think it is desirable to do so. I just pass that along and suggest it to the new whip. I congratulate him publicly on that. I think to the extent that you can accommodate family life here it improves the United States Senate.
Suggesting ways to accommodate family life in the Senate during a speech.
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