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Trent Lott: “I would like to make clear, if there is a technical amendment, or if there is a germane amendment, we could certainly…”

On the recordOctober 4, 2000
I would like to make clear, if there is a technical amendment, or if there is a germane amendment, we could certainly get an agreement to make that in order. What bothers me is that earlier on there had been indications that there were unrelated amendments that would ball the Senate up and this bill into protracted debate. What bothers me even more is, as we get closer, hopefully, to the end of the session, the thinking, I guess, would be, well, we will just drop this into something. The opportunity for mischief at that point is endless because if one Senator shows up and objects, we could lose it. So I know Senator Reid will be working on this. But this is something that is important to our country. I assume that the White House also would like to get this done. We need to continue to focus very closely on this piece of legislation.
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Discussing the importance of focusing on specific legislation and avoiding unrelated amendments.

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