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Mark Hatfield: “Mr. President, both the Senator from Hawaii and the Senator from California, present in the Chamber, have kept our focus…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 1994
Mr. President, both the Senator from Hawaii and the Senator from California, present in the Chamber, have kept our focus on this bill beyond the procedures by which we find ourselves frustrated at the moment. The real focus is that we have an emergency. We have people who are hurting, who are suffering, who are without homes, who are without services, and we must move this kind of aid to them more quickly than we are appearing to do at this moment. I like that focus, and I hope people in this body will understand that we are not just waiting patiently for them to offer an amendment to some other matter or related matter. We are really here waiting to get aid to the people in need in California.
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Mark Hatfield
Oregon
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The speaker addresses the urgent need for aid to those suffering in California.

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