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Bob Dole: I think if you could extend that sense of the Senate to apply to those who voted earlier today on the gift ban--I mean…

On the recordMay 5, 1994
I think if you could extend that sense of the Senate to apply to those who voted earlier today on the gift ban--I mean, I cannot believe any politics was involved in that at all. Certainly that was all statesmanship, and the midnight pay cut is something else. But there may be a way to construct a sense-of-the-Senate resolution we could all vote for, including the pay raise and the gift ban and all the shenanigans that have been going on all day here.
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Bob Dole
Kansas

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Discussing the gift ban and potential resolutions during Senate floor debate.

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