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Trent Lott: I am saying to the Senator from North Dakota, I would like to be able to work with him to do that. I intend to do that.…

On the recordJune 10, 1997
I am saying to the Senator from North Dakota, I would like to be able to work with him to do that. I intend to do that. We will talk and we will make that agreement. We will make it in a request at a period of time after we have had some of these speeches so we can talk. I don't know exactly what you all are thinking about or what you want, but there is no desire to cut the Senator from North Dakota off today. I want him to be able to make his case. I am going to work with you to do that, and I think the record will show I have done that sort of thing in the past. I am telling you here, now, we are going to find a way for you to be able to make the speech you want to make. What more can you ask of me now? And then, we will talk that through while others are speaking.
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Discussing collaboration and speech opportunities with a colleague during Senate proceedings.

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