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Joe Biden: “We are going to be in real trouble. So I hope, I say to the new Senators on the floor, they do not make the same mistake…”

On the recordMay 22, 2001
We are going to be in real trouble. So I hope, I say to the new Senators on the floor, they do not make the same mistake this senior Senator did almost 20 years ago; that is, vote for something such as this. We will pay a dear price in this country for this vote. I compliment the Senator on his comments tonight, as well as his vote in the 1980s. I wish I had the foresight he had to know what was going to happen.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Warning new Senators against repeating past mistakes in legislation.

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