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Sam Farr: I want to just publicly thank you for the effort that you have had in leading the bipartisan effort to bring a sensible…

On the recordJuly 17, 1996
I want to just publicly thank you for the effort that you have had in leading the bipartisan effort to bring a sensible bill to the floor for a vote, and hopefully you will get that vote. I am certainly supportive of it. If that is not successful, then the bill that I have authored, which is just about the same bill with some minor changes, I hope will prevail in lieu of that.
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Sam Farr
Democratic · California

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Expressing support for a bipartisan bill during a discussion on legislative alternatives.

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