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Tom Harkin: The answer is there are 1,600 different items in this bill. If the Senator has about 60 seconds of patience, I will find…

On the recordDecember 20, 2001
The answer is there are 1,600 different items in this bill. If the Senator has about 60 seconds of patience, I will find out for him. Mr. McCAIN. I thank you, but it is an example. The manager of the bill doesn't even know where a place that we are giving $1 million of the taxpayers' dollars is located.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the complexity and management of a bill during Senate debate.

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