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On the recordMay 16, 2012
I want to close and say to my friend, Senator Conrad, I know the Senator, as much as I, favors Bowles-Simpson, and I want to thank the Senator for the work he is doing in bringing attention to it again and saying this is still the best plan in the room. I think it is still the best plan out there. So the idea is when we get to the day or the week after the election, we will be ready to move and to take it up and, hopefully, to embrace and endorse large parts of it. Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.
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