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Harry Reid: “It would be very important to do that. I don't want to press the Senator from Oregon. He has been very good and flew all…”

On the recordDecember 27, 2012
It would be very important to do that. I don't want to press the Senator from Oregon. He has been very good and flew all night from his newborn to get here from Oregon, and he was here at 10 a.m. I don't want to press him anymore. I say, through the Chair, to my friend from Oregon, how does he feel about finishing the debate tonight?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Dec 27, 2012

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