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Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I do want to say we would not have gotten to this point without Senator Collins' leadership and help. We adopted this…”

On the recordJune 7, 2001
I do want to say we would not have gotten to this point without Senator Collins' leadership and help. We adopted this amendment before. We are now back adopting it again because the bill that we passed before did not end up with a Presidential signature. So I thank her for being with us because of her experiences in Maine and appreciate her support very much.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Acknowledging Senator Collins' leadership in the amendment process during Senate debate.

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