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Cord Byrd: “The fast track means that the Senate and the House are supposed to bind and gag themselves and not talk and not offer…”

On the recordOctober 31, 1997
The fast track means that the Senate and the House are supposed to bind and gag themselves and not talk and not offer amendments, is that correct?
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Questioning the implications of the fast track trade authority.

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