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Dan Coats: “Or the Republicans have somehow conspired to deny the Senator from Massachusetts the right to make his point or to argue…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
Or the Republicans have somehow conspired to deny the Senator from Massachusetts the right to make his point or to argue his point, my goodness, we have been hearing that over and over and over and over. We know what the Senator's position is. He has the right to argue it, and he has the right to delay it. Let's make sure it is not implied somehow there is some devious effort on the part of the Republicans to deny the Senator his opportunities.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Defending Republican actions during a Senate debate regarding the rights of a Senator from Massachusetts.

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