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Harry Reid: “We have a new Member of the Senate today--she was sworn in yesterday--Maria Cantwell from the State of Washington. She…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 2001
We have a new Member of the Senate today--she was sworn in yesterday--Maria Cantwell from the State of Washington. She was a freshman Member of the House of Representatives, and she, with courage, walked up and voted for that Clinton deficit reduction plan. She lost her election because of that. The people of the State of Washington now know that she did the right thing and now she is a Senator from the State of Washington. Again, I commend and applaud the Senator from South Carolina for his statement today but mostly for his leadership on these fiscal issues during the entire time I have been in the Senate.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Welcoming new Senator Maria Cantwell and acknowledging her past vote on the Clinton deficit reduction plan.

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