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Harry Reid: “I would say to my friend, I would respectfully submit, you don't need to say ``without losing your right to the floor.''…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
I would say to my friend, I would respectfully submit, you don't need to say ``without losing your right to the floor.'' You have the floor. You don't have to say that. Anyway, I ask my distinguished friend from Utah, the neighboring State to Nevada: It is true, is it not, whether you agree or not, we have asked that the Justice Department, the administration, release the memos written by Miguel Estrada when he worked for the Solicitor's Office? You would agree with that?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the release of memos by the Justice Department during Senate floor debate.

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