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J. Exon: “I intend to make some remarks at this time in strong opposition to the Kyl amendment, and then would plead to the…”

On the recordJune 19, 1996
I intend to make some remarks at this time in strong opposition to the Kyl amendment, and then would plead to the managers of the bill--since the Kyl amendment nor nothing like it was included in the authorization bill that came out of the committee-- that it would probably be best, in the interest of moving ahead with this bill, that the Kyl amendment be withdrawn and probably and possibly considered at some later more appropriate date. Mr. President, there could not possibly be a worse time, a more inopportune time, if you will, to consider the amendment offered by the Senator from Arizona. Here we are, Mr. President, 9 days away from the self-imposed June 28 deadline by the multination negotiators now delicately moving toward hopefully an agreement for a comprehensive test ban treaty.
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J. Exon
Democratic · Nebraska
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Opposing the Kyl amendment during debate on the defense authorization bill.

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