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Harry Reid: “I say directly to my friend from Minnesota, you are exactly right. You go back to Minnesota and tell your sugar beet…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2001
I say directly to my friend from Minnesota, you are exactly right. You go back to Minnesota and tell your sugar beet farmers, we cannot take up an appropriations bill because we are not moving judges fast enough, according to the Republicans. I went to Minnesota. You and I met with some seniors when we were campaigning. That was your No. 1 issue. You can tell them you are sorry we have not been able to take this up, but we have been tied up with a very important issue; that is, we are not moving judges fast enough. So you can tell them that. That is basically what you can tell them.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the delay in appropriations due to judicial nominations during a floor speech.

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