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Lincoln Chafee: “could I ask a question to make a point? When it passed unanimously last year, that was when the other party was in…”

On the recordMay 10, 1995
could I ask a question to make a point? When it passed unanimously last year, that was when the other party was in charge, had the majority. So not only did all of the Democrats vote for it in a bill that was drafted by a majority of the Democrats in the committee and approved on the floor, but every Republican likewise voted for it. So two different parties have worked on this legislation over 2 separate years and come to exactly the same result. Having passed unanimously last year, I certainly hope we can get on with the same language, get the same approval this year of the same language.
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island
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Discussing bipartisan support for legislation that passed unanimously the previous year.

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