J. Exon: “Now, obviously, adjourning here without taking any action whatever on…”

On the recordFebruary 1, 1996

Now, obviously, adjourning here without taking any action whatever on a farm bill is not only wrong, it is not only bad policy, but it is ridiculous. How do we work ourselves out of the dilemma we find ourselves in right now? Mr. President, it would seem to me that it would be a time for cooler heads to prevail. I think we have two basic options: Either we stay here and work and not adjourn, as has been contemplated, and I suspect that would be the best possible course of action of all the options that we have; or the second option, it seems to me, would be if we are going to adjourn tonight, and if we adjourn I suspect we will have a rollcall vote on adjournment so that we will all know in this body and elsewhere as to who wanted to adjourn when we have important work that we should remain here doing.

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J. Exon

Democratic · Nebraska

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Addressing the need for action on a farm bill during Senate debate.

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J. Exon: “Now, obviously, adjourning here without taking any action whatever on a farm bill is not only wrong, it is not only bad…”

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