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Pete Domenici: We can do that. I just have been telling Senator Gramm for a long time--he had three. We accepted one. We thought this…

On the recordMay 21, 1997
We can do that. I just have been telling Senator Gramm for a long time--he had three. We accepted one. We thought this other one was going to be accepted, and we were going to debate one. I think we waste more time if we argue the point than go ahead.
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing the acceptance of amendments during Senate debate.

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