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John Sarbanes: “Because the Senator continues citing it, yet the editorial very clearly states the Senate should require the committee…”

On the recordFebruary 29, 1996
Because the Senator continues citing it, yet the editorial very clearly states the Senate should require the committee to complete its work and produce a final report by a fixed date. That is the essential difference between the two sides. You want an indefinite hearing, and we have suggested that there be a fixed date, just like I say to the Senator from Alaska there was in Iran-Contra, which is exactly the position that Senator Dole took at that time and which was acceded to by the Democratic Congress. This editorial is consistently being cited by my colleague from New York, and yet the editorial says, in very clear terms, the Senate should require the committee to complete its work and produce a final report by a fixed date, a matter with which the Senator, as I understand it, disagrees.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland
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Discussing the need for a fixed deadline for committee reports during Senate debate.

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