On the recordOctober 10, 2004
may I say to my friend, the distinguished Senator from Alaska, who is the President pro tempore and the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, this man has, throughout the year, sought to keep the Senate on schedule and to not only have the committee report out all of the 13 bills but to have the Senate pass them. I think if all of us had worked as diligently as the Senator from Alaska to get the work done, we would not be here today. Now, I hesitate to mention a Senator by name--the distinguished Senator from Alaska has done that--and that Senator is not on the floor. But let me say, whether we like it or not, that Senator was within his rights.
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