Chris Dodd said "I wish to just make a comment here in responding to the suggestion of our colleague from New York that the Democrats here voted against an open-ended $600,000 appropriation hearing process because of the White House pulling strings. No one suggested that our Republican friends who voted unanimously to continue this were somehow having strings pulled at all, nor would I make that suggestion. But certainly the fact that at this juncture we find ourselves in a stalemate ought to suggest, particularly when you consider it was only a few short months ago that this body voted almost unanimously for these hearings to be conducted--this was not a partisan issue. As in most cases, it was bipartisan to get this underway. It was almost unanimous, I believe." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 12, 1996

I wish to just make a comment here in responding to the suggestion of our colleague from New York that the Democrats here voted against an open-ended $600,000 appropriation hearing process because of the White House pulling strings. No one suggested that our Republican friends who voted unanimously to continue this were somehow having strings pulled at all, nor would I make that suggestion. But certainly the fact that at this juncture we find ourselves in a stalemate ought to suggest, particularly when you consider it was only a few short months ago that this body voted almost unanimously for these hearings to be conducted--this was not a partisan issue. As in most cases, it was bipartisan to get this underway. It was almost unanimous, I believe.

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Chris Dodd

Democratic · Connecticut

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing accusations regarding partisan motivations behind a funding appropriation for hearings.

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