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Steve Cohen: “I think this legislation is serious. There is still some confusion, frankly, among a lot of Members in terms of exactly…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1995
I think this legislation is serious. There is still some confusion, frankly, among a lot of Members in terms of exactly how it will work. So I think we will take as long as necessary to work our way through that. I think that is the spirit with which the sponsor of the bill has approached this. He has made a number of very positive and constructive changes since he originally introduced the legislation. I think he is going to be willing to work, in whatever fashion we can, to strike strong bipartisan support for the bill.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Discussing the importance and bipartisan support for a piece of legislation.

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