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Harry Reid: “It is too bad that the Republicans, the majority, are holding up other legislation and other debate because of one fully…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
It is too bad that the Republicans, the majority, are holding up other legislation and other debate because of one fully employed man, Miguel Estrada, who has a job, as we all know, making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. It has been laid out on this floor today that the Bush administration lost 2.8 million jobs. Millions are unemployed. But we are hung up on this debate because Republicans won't move off of it. My question to the Senator is, would it not be good if we had a full day's debate set aside so Senators can offer their views about what is going on in Iraq?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of Republican delays on legislation amid rising unemployment and the Iraq conflict.

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