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Harry Reid: “I say to my friend, the majority leader, while we are working on PNTR, I would hope that there is a concerted effort to…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 2000
I say to my friend, the majority leader, while we are working on PNTR, I would hope that there is a concerted effort to get more money to solve the funding cap. We could work out a lot of these in conference. That is what we are waiting to do.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing funding issues related to Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR).

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