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Jim Inhofe: “I understand in my absence that Senator Reid said there was an agreement to hold Admiral Grossenbacher until a Democrat…”

On the recordMay 20, 2004
I understand in my absence that Senator Reid said there was an agreement to hold Admiral Grossenbacher until a Democrat had been nominated, thereby linking the two nominees. I want to state for the record that we never had such an agreement. We tried to hold a hearing on Admiral Grossenbacher several times. Each time we were blocked by the minority.
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Jim Inhofe
Republican · Oklahoma
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congress.gov
May 20, 2004

Editor's note · Context

Inhofe denies an agreement regarding Admiral Grossenbacher's nomination.

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