J. Exon: “I do not know for sure how to answer my friend and colleague from…”

On the recordMay 16, 1996

I do not know for sure how to answer my friend and colleague from Nevada, except to say I do not think it would hurt the image of this place very much, in the public mind, if we would at least appear to be getting something done. That is the reason that I have to say we should move on this more expeditiously. But I think the question can more likely be answered by the chairman of the committee, with whom I have been working. I suspect maybe that is who the question was directed to anyway.

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Discussing the need for the Senate to appear productive during a debate.

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