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Tom Harkin: Again, every day I will come out and ask unanimous consent to get Bonnie Campbell's name out of the committee and on the…

On the recordOctober 5, 2000
Again, every day I will come out and ask unanimous consent to get Bonnie Campbell's name out of the committee and on the floor for a vote. Yet the objections come from the Republican side of the aisle. Why, I don't know. As I said, no one has said she's not qualified. If someone wants to vote against her to be on the Eighth Circuit, that is that Senator's right--obligation, if it is a vote he or she feels in conscience that he or she must cast. But, again, I say, give her a vote.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Advocating for a vote on Bonnie Campbell's nomination to the Eighth Circuit during Senate floor debate.

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