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Dan Coats: “I, first of all, want to take this opportunity to express my respect for the Senator from West Virginia. We clearly are…”

On the recordMarch 27, 1996
I, first of all, want to take this opportunity to express my respect for the Senator from West Virginia. We clearly are on different sides of this issue. He has been an articulate and zealous protector of the prerogatives and rights of this institution, and he has articulated those well, and I respect that. I also respect his unswerving allegiance and dedication to that proposition and know that it is very, very important, and it has been over the 8 years of debate on line-item veto, a great history lesson for this Senator.
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana
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Expressing respect for a colleague during a debate on the line-item veto.

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