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Harry Reid: “I wish we had a vehicle here before us that we could amend. I think we have a number of amendments we would like to…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2000
I wish we had a vehicle here before us that we could amend. I think we have a number of amendments we would like to offer to this legislation. I hope in the next few days we can work on some of the issues that we believe are so important, which we have talked about on many occasions, such as minimum wage, Patients' Bill of Rights, prescription drugs, and education. We understand where we are in a parliamentary situation now that we can't offer any amendments. We look forward to the next week being very productive and our being able to move forward on some of this very important legislation.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the need for amendments to important legislation during Senate floor debate.

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