Thad Cochran said "if we were starting over again, and the Senate had not voted by such an overwhelming margin against the motion to table this amendment, I would be willing to discuss what we could do on this bill. But without some assurance that the action we take in agreeing to a compromise on the amendment that, in effect, has been approved by the Senate, which includes a freestanding bill that the Senate will pass, I am unable to make that kind of concession right now." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 9, 1994

if we were starting over again, and the Senate had not voted by such an overwhelming margin against the motion to table this amendment, I would be willing to discuss what we could do on this bill. But without some assurance that the action we take in agreeing to a compromise on the amendment that, in effect, has been approved by the Senate, which includes a freestanding bill that the Senate will pass, I am unable to make that kind of concession right now.

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Thad Cochran

Republican · Mississippi

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Senate's position on an amendment during a legislative debate.

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