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Dirk Kempthorne: “To further answer that, that is correct. They have said in the inquiry, Could you put this in the bill? However, I tell…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1995
To further answer that, that is correct. They have said in the inquiry, Could you put this in the bill? However, I tell you there has been further clarification that if the Senate were to determine that it just did not feel appropriate for the Senate to put that House language in there, they can deal with it in a different setting.
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Dirk Kempthorne
Idaho

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Discussing the Senate's discretion regarding House language in a bill.

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