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Pete Sessions: “The Senator has asked that this body, through the adoption of this resolution, endorse a piece of legislation that…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2006
The Senator has asked that this body, through the adoption of this resolution, endorse a piece of legislation that everybody is not prepared to endorse. We would be prepared to endorse the concepts contained in the resolution. And I think that has been communicated to you. I do not see how you could expect--unless you expect unanimous support for the piece of legislation as written--that you could ask everybody to accept it. I think you are overreaching, Senator Durbin, in all due respect. And could we work on that? I would be glad to talk to you about it.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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Discussing the endorsement of a resolution related to legislation during Senate debate.

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