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Byron Dorgan: “Let me go much longer. I am sorry, for 3 seconds let me thank my colleagues. This is the time to be controlled on our…”

On the recordMay 10, 2005
Let me go much longer. I am sorry, for 3 seconds let me thank my colleagues. This is the time to be controlled on our side by consent, if I might read it into the record? My guess is it will go back and forth: Senator Byrd, 20 minutes; Senator Reid, 15 minutes; Senator Salazar, 15 minutes; Senator Corzine, 10 minutes; Senator Obama, 10 minutes, Senator Lieberman, 10 minutes; Senator Leahy, 15 minutes; Senator Durbin, 1 hour, 10 minutes of that to go to Senator Murray; and Senator Feingold, 10 minutes. Let me ask by consent to understand that is the progress on our side, understanding it would be interspersed with Republican speakers.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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