Cord Byrd: “I realize the Senator is not in a position to make certain…”

On the recordJune 25, 1997

I realize the Senator is not in a position to make certain pronouncements that would be binding on others interested in the measure, but I am concerned lest we tomorrow find ourselves short of time; quite a number of votes that have been stacked, not much time for explaining those amendments and, in the final analysis, voting on the measures that we know very little, if anything, about. I am not talking about the Senator. He is on the committee. He knows what is in the amendments.

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Cord Byrd

Florida

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Expressing concern about the legislative process and time constraints during Senate debate.

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