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Harry Reid: “That is my hope. One of the reasons we want to dispose of the second-degree amendment--Senator Enzi, who has worked with…”

On the recordJuly 10, 2002
That is my hope. One of the reasons we want to dispose of the second-degree amendment--Senator Enzi, who has worked with you and others on the underlying amendment, is going to move to table. We hope we can move to the Edwards amendment. The Senator from Texas, Mr. Gramm, has told us he wants to study this tonight and he will give us word on it tomorrow. I think it has been debated quite sufficiently. It appears to me the Edwards amendment is reasonable. I think in the dialog he answered all the questions of the Senator from Texas. I have no problem if the Senator wants to spend the night looking it over more.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the Edwards amendment during Senate floor debate.

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