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Kent Conrad: “Let me finish. Then I would be happy to yield. There is no way to assure that other provisions might be added, and so we…”

On the recordNovember 2, 2005
Let me finish. Then I would be happy to yield. There is no way to assure that other provisions might be added, and so we cannot agree to eliminating points of order through the whole process. I am happy to yield.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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