On the recordJuly 11, 1996
I am sure the Senator from Alaska is aware that the Senators from Nevada are not trying to do anything that would compromise or jeopardize national defense. The Senators from Nevada, like the Senator from Alaska, have a strong conviction--come from a State in which national defense interests are of paramount consideration, as they are in the State which the Senator so ably represents. We are talking about an appropriations bill that will go into effect October 1 of this year for the next fiscal year, so there is no imminent crisis that we face at the moment. If I might indirectly respond to a question in the statement made by the Senator from Idaho, the Senators from Nevada have tried throughout this afternoon to offer a series of proposals that would allow us to move immediately not only to the defense appropriations bill but to other pieces of legislation that are pending as well. And we would be prepared to do that.
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