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Joe Biden: “I understand his desire but I don't understand his right. I understand the desire not to deal with all those amendments…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1998
I understand his desire but I don't understand his right. I understand the desire not to deal with all those amendments but I never thought that was a right--although it would be nice if it were a right--and while he is doing this, if he succeeds, if he could also clear the Helms-Biden foreign relations material of abortion amendments and declare them out of order as well. That is somehow stopped up.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing amendments related to abortion in foreign relations legislation.

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