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On the recordJune 15, 2005
I know the majority leader, and I want to move this legislation along. We have great plans for the last week of this work period to do some appropriations bills, one of which I hope would be the bill of Senator Domenici and this Senator which we have been fortunate enough to be chairman and ranking member of that committee for many years. We were able to complete that yesterday in the subcommittee and will be ready to move. It is such a waste of the country's time not to move forward. I have made my good-faith gesture to do so. I hope everyone understands that we can't rush forward on cloture when there is nothing having been done to allow us to offer amendments. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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