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Joe Biden: “Let the Record reflect that I will not engage the Senator now, but I totally disagree with that argument and that…”

On the recordMarch 18, 1998
Let the Record reflect that I will not engage the Senator now, but I totally disagree with that argument and that statement that we are signing a ``blank check.'' It is nowhere near a blank check. But I will be happy, again, to engage at the appropriate time.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Responding to a colleague's argument regarding financial commitments.

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