Well, I can tell you I have read through it, and it looks like, to me, exactly the same. And we heard from our colleague from Wyoming that this was a Republican proposal, which you clarified that, actually, you introduced it but also observed that it was passed unanimously. So I am confused. If my colleague from Wyoming liked it so much that he wanted to claim authorship and he proceeded to say, We liked it so much, we passed it unanimously, why is he objecting now to actually getting it passed?
Jeff Merkley: “Well, I can tell you I have read through it, and it looks like, to me, exactly the same. And we heard from our colleague…”
On the recordAugust 2, 2025
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Questioning a colleague's objection to a previously passed Republican proposal.
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