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Ron Wyden: So if the Senator from Colorado propounds a unanimous consent request asking that he be allowed to speak for a couple of…

On the recordApril 27, 2006
So if the Senator from Colorado propounds a unanimous consent request asking that he be allowed to speak for a couple of minutes so as to be able to offer his amendment, at the end of those 2 minutes, what he has offered is set aside and the business of the Senate would once again be my amendment, the Chair is advising that that could be done? The PRESIDING OFFICER. It first takes unanimous consent for the Senator from Colorado to even ask for unanimous consent while the Senator from Oregon has the floor.
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Ron Wyden
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