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Byron Dorgan: “This does not wash--to stall for 2 months, to filibuster for 2 weeks, then walk around here pretending you are out of…”

On the recordDecember 19, 2001
This does not wash--to stall for 2 months, to filibuster for 2 weeks, then walk around here pretending you are out of breath from running so far. Every step of the way, we had people on that side of the aisle trying to prevent us from writing a farm bill, and now they are coming to the floor saying: We are trying to move it along. This is a sure way to try to move it along--filibustering through two cloture votes.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the delays and filibuster tactics related to the farm bill.

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