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Thom Tillis: “I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Oregon. I may be new to the Senate, but I am not new to North Carolina. I…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2016
I appreciate the comments of the Senator from Oregon. I may be new to the Senate, but I am not new to North Carolina. I was speaker of the house for 4 years, and I worked with a lot of the agencies that the Senator from Oregon referenced. But the fact of the matter is that the first time I heard that these agencies supported the bill was about 90 seconds ago. This has not been fully vetted in the Senate. It sounds like it has a lot of merit, but even having said that, this is not why I am objecting to the bill. I am objecting at this time, in large part, because of a number of other objections we are receiving that are not allowing things that would otherwise move through unanimous consent. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 2912
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina
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Dec 7, 2016

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