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Arlen Specter: there is time available on the bill, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill, for those who wish to…

On the recordDecember 15, 2005
there is time available on the bill, the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill, for those who wish to speak in favor of it. If any of my colleagues wish to do so, I invite them to come to the floor at this time. If there are no speakers in favor of the bill on our time, I intend to utilize this time for a discussion on the PATRIOT Act, which has a very limited amount of time to debate and discuss these issues. But I renew my statement. If anybody wants to speak in favor of the bill, they should come to the floor at this time and we will find time for them to speak. ____________________
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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