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Bob Kerrey: “I am perfectly willing to make an effort to accommodate. Unfortunately, I am in a situation where I don't feel like I am…”

On the recordJuly 16, 1998
I am perfectly willing to make an effort to accommodate. Unfortunately, I am in a situation where I don't feel like I am going to get much accommodation from the Senators in communities that are going to spend millions of dollars to invest in something that is going to produce no improvement in public health.
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Bob Kerrey
Nebraska

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Discussing concerns over public health investments during a Senate debate.

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