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Jack Reed: “To the Senator from Oklahoma, we have been trying to move forward on an equal basis in terms of pending amendments. At…”

On the recordJune 16, 2015
To the Senator from Oklahoma, we have been trying to move forward on an equal basis in terms of pending amendments. At this juncture, I am not able to agree to make another amendment pending. There is a possibility that we spoke about, briefly, of including these amendments in the manager's package or, since it is germane, of trying to arrange for consideration after cloture, along with another germane amendment. So at this point I would not be prepared to--
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island
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Jun 16, 2015

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