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On the recordDecember 18, 2012
I object. I feel somewhat ill at ease here with not having anyone managing the bill at all, but I would hope that my friend will-- I will talk to Senator Leahy, but I am not in a position here to agree with it. One thing I am not going to do, regardless of what the managers say, is have a big stack of amendments here that we are going to be worrying about. So I don't know where everybody is, but the managers aren't here.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Dec 18, 2012

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