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Harry Reid: “I think it has been a productive debate to this point. I think it has been good for the Senate. I think it has been good…”

On the recordMay 16, 1996
I think it has been a productive debate to this point. I think it has been good for the Senate. I think it has been good for the American public to have this debate. I hope this budget resolution can be debated in its entirety. I think we need to have debate on the issues. I do not think we need 75 or 100 amendments on this budget resolution but there are some substantive amendments that I think we need to fully debate and arrive at conclusions on. My only point is, I am a little bit concerned that there is some attempt to stop a full and complete discussion on this, one of the most important matters we are going to decide all year.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the importance of debating the budget resolution and the need for substantive amendments.

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