If you are for a comprehensive Energy bill, you need to vote for cloture. This is the vote. Second, there has been some speculation, people have mentioned on the floor, if we do not pass this conference report we will pull out this provision or that provision and enact them separately. I wanted to dispel that idea as well. We are not going to pull apart pieces of this conference report and pass them separately.
Discussing the Energy bill and the implications of the vote during Senate floor debate.
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