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Kent Conrad: Well, that is the unfortunate part of, as I see it, the amendment of the Senator from Arizona. What he is doing is…

On the recordMarch 12, 2008
Well, that is the unfortunate part of, as I see it, the amendment of the Senator from Arizona. What he is doing is saying--he is asking all of us, all Americans, to put our name on the bill. But the money is only going to two-tenths of 1 percent of us. I think that is unfortunate.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the implications of an amendment proposed by the Senator from Arizona.

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