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On the recordAugust 5, 2020
reserving the right to object, I want to thank and appreciate the work done by my friend, my distinguished colleague, the senior Senator from Illinois. Senator Durbin and I have worked on many issues. We spent a lot of time working on this particular bill. In our most recent round of negotiations, he made a number of suggestions, and we incorporated many of those. I wish we could incorporate all of them. For the reasons that I gave a couple of weeks ago when we went through this, there are some of them that I unfortunately can't agree to because they would result in our inability to proceed. On that basis, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Utah ____________________
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee
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Aug 5, 2020

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