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Peter King: “If he had read our bill and read the motion to instruct, he would know that nothing he said was germane to the motion to…”

On the recordSeptember 28, 2006
If he had read our bill and read the motion to instruct, he would know that nothing he said was germane to the motion to instruct. Secondly, as to the issue of bipartisanship and 100 percent screening, I would also advise the gentleman that the language that is adopted in the SAFE Ports Act which is going to conference was the language proposed by Democrats in the Senate which provides for three pilot projects of 100 percent screening at three foreign ports. So we are adopting Democratic language. We had one in ours, and they had three in theirs. We are accepting the three. To me that is the essence of bipartisanship.
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Peter King
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the SAFE Ports Act and addressing comments made by a colleague from Massachusetts.

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