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Harry Reid: “Finally, would the Senator agree that this legislation now before the Senate that is being slow-walked, as the…”

On the recordJune 5, 2002
Finally, would the Senator agree that this legislation now before the Senate that is being slow-walked, as the distinguished Senator from Texas said yesterday, and he reminded me he said it today, he felt it was important to ``slow the train down''--would the Senator agree that it is not good for the country to slow-walk or ``slow the train down,'' the Supplemental Appropriations Act for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on the United States? This is an emergency supplemental bill. Does the Senator believe this is something we should be moving expeditiously?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the urgency of the Supplemental Appropriations Act related to recovery from terrorist attacks.

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