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Cord Byrd: “Will Senator yield? Who are the people underneath in the Senator's amendment? I will tell you who the people are…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2002
Will Senator yield? Who are the people underneath in the Senator's amendment? I will tell you who the people are underneath. They are people I am afraid of. The people underneath in the Senator's amendment--I am looking at that chart. I am going to ask to have a chart from my office brought up, too. It is the people underneath I am afraid of. The people underneath are downtown. They are the people who are saying: Let's get on with it. Let's pass this bill and give the President flexibility, and all this stuff. I trust the people underneath, if it is Senator Lieberman's committee. I trust them, if they are underneath. That is why I put them front and center in my amendment.
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Cord Byrd
Florida
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing concerns about the implications of an amendment during Senate debate.

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