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Sherrod Brown: “I am not yielding now, Senator Cotton. I know you always want to do Trump's--the President's bidding. I have the floor…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2020
I am not yielding now, Senator Cotton. I know you always want to do Trump's--the President's bidding. I have the floor, and I will keep the floor. The fact is, we were in negotiations with Speaker Pelosi, I assume with Leader McCarthy. In the Senate, we were this close to legislation. Senator McConnell went home. Senator Cotton is not disputing the fact he went home for a political event with a Justice of the Supreme Court, for gosh sakes--went home. We didn't vote Friday. We didn't vote Saturday. We didn't vote Sunday. We didn't vote Monday. We didn't vote Tuesday. We didn't vote until Wednesday. So we have tried to be bipartisan. Senator McConnell then dispatched all of us just a few days ago to do negotiations within our committees. I sat with--
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio
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Mar 23, 2020

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