Arlen Specter: “we need the PATRIOT Act. I am prepared to work on it further to…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2006

we need the PATRIOT Act. I am prepared to work on it further to improve it. I support the bill, and I yield back 4 minutes 45 seconds of my 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on third reading and passage of the bill. The bill (H.R. 4659) was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been ordered, and the clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. The following Senators were necessarily absent: the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Domenici), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Thomas), and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Lott).

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Arlen Specter

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