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J. Exon: “I would like to say we are making good progress, working back and forth on both sides. I think with a little cooperation…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1995
I would like to say we are making good progress, working back and forth on both sides. I think with a little cooperation here and a little cooperation there, this whole proposition might move much more expeditiously than we had earlier anticipated. I thank my friend and colleague from South Carolina for his usual good cooperation, and we are going to be working very hard the rest of the day to try to eliminate any and all barriers to cut down the time dramatically and probably come to a resolution, hopefully, on the authorization and the appropriations bills early this evening, and I emphasize the word ``early'' this evening, which I think would be good news for all.
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J. Exon
Democratic · Nebraska
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Discussing progress on authorization and appropriations bills.

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