I am concerned that when we have before us an important issue such as this energy bill, which really bears a lot on where we are going in this whole area of energy--and it is very important to me and to the American people--we get the amendments in. But this idea of having them filed by a certain time I think is really tough.
Discussing the importance of timely amendments to the energy bill.
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