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Joe Biden: “That is fine. Mr. President, I am delighted for the intervention. As I said at the outset of my discussion of this, the…”

On the recordJune 5, 1995
That is fine. Mr. President, I am delighted for the intervention. As I said at the outset of my discussion of this, the chairman was occupied with the staff for a moment. At the time, I said that I was confident he and I could work this out. I am confident we can work out most of this. The reason I raise this is an illustration of the larger point I am making; that is, there is no attempt to delay anything here. This provision was not included in the Republican bill. I think it is a very important provision.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Discussing the importance of a provision not included in the Republican bill.

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