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Thomas Daschle: That was the whole reason we agreed to be as expeditious as possible. I am going to vote against final passage. I hope a…

On the recordJune 10, 1999
That was the whole reason we agreed to be as expeditious as possible. I am going to vote against final passage. I hope a number of my colleagues will join me in doing that. But that doesn't mean I do not want a bill. I have said repeatedly on the Senate floor I want a bill, but I want the right bill. The only way we are going to get to the right bill is to continue to work on it. We are not going to do that this afternoon. We are not going to do that tomorrow. We are not going to do that Monday. We are now going to have to wait until Tuesday. So that just delays for another week the prospects of meaningful compromise and meaningful resolution of the outstanding questions.
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Thomas Daschle
South Dakota

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Discussing the need for further work on a bill before voting on its final passage.

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