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Harry Reid: “I think also that we focused attention, through the hearings that you have held, newspaper articles written, and through…”

On the recordMay 6, 1998
I think also that we focused attention, through the hearings that you have held, newspaper articles written, and through this amendment, on this practice that I am sure the commissioner will have enough information to come back to us as to whether or not this practice should be continued, modified in some way or, as I said, eliminated. So I would be happy to modify this amendment so that the commissioner could report back to us within a reasonable period of time.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing an amendment related to a commissioner's report on a specific practice.

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