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Jeff Bingaman: I respond that if we could pick up the Senator's vote for our substitute, we clearly would be willing to consider that.…

On the recordMarch 21, 1996
I respond that if we could pick up the Senator's vote for our substitute, we clearly would be willing to consider that. But I should say that our language is, in my mind, very clear and clearer than the language in the underlying bill. So I suggest that the Senator accept our language rather than we accept his.
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Discussing language differences in a legislative substitute during Senate debate.

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