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On the recordApril 30, 1998
I am confused then. I am confused. Why is certification--I have never heard of a certification on the part of the President in a sense of the Senate. Explain that to me. Explain how a sense of the Senate requires a formal certification from a President. Like I said, I have been here a while. That is a new one. So you mean the President can say, when we pass this, ``You know, Bingaman and Conrad are good guys, they're my buddies and allies, but I'm not going to pay attention to them; I'm not going to certify anything''? Can he just say, ``I'm not going to certify it''?
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
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Editor's note · Context

Questioning the requirement of presidential certification in relation to the Senate's sense of the matter.

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