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Trent Lott: “Mr. Chief Justice, if I could respond to that, I think that would be up to the Senators. That has been one of my points.…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1999
Mr. Chief Justice, if I could respond to that, I think that would be up to the Senators. That has been one of my points. I hope we won't just have speeches and that, in fact, we will have deliberations. As we have found ourselves in previous closed sessions, almost uncontrollably we wound up discussing and talking with each other. I hope that if we come to that, the Senators involved in the exchange would make that a part of the record and part of history. I believe they would have that right under this proposal.
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of deliberation among Senators during a closed session.

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