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Dick Durbin: “I spoke with Senator Warner about this amendment. I would really appreciate his cosponsorship, but I don't want to ask…”

On the recordJune 15, 2006
I spoke with Senator Warner about this amendment. I would really appreciate his cosponsorship, but I don't want to ask his name be added until we are certain. If there are any difficulties on this amendment, I stand ready to change it. We want to find a good bipartisan response. There are just a few elements we are still working on. I don't know if the Senator from Oklahoma thinks this is the time for us to move for passage of the amendment or whether we should wait?
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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