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Frank Pallone: “It took almost 2 weeks in the other body, the Senate, for the Democrats to insist that the Patients' Bill of Rights be…”

On the recordJune 30, 1999
It took almost 2 weeks in the other body, the Senate, for the Democrats to insist that the Patients' Bill of Rights be brought up. They almost had to filibuster in order to make sure that the bill was brought up. I understand that when we come back after the recess that there is an agreement to bring up the Patients' Bill of Rights in the Senate, but there were two weeks wasted because the Republican leadership would not bring it up. It remains to be seen whether they actually do when we come back.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey
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Discussing the delay in bringing the Patients' Bill of Rights to the Senate floor.

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