Pete Sessions: “I ask the distinguished Democratic leader--he is a great and skilled…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2005

I ask the distinguished Democratic leader--he is a great and skilled advocate, and I know everybody is a bit frustrated at the end of the session, but I do not think he meant to accuse the distinguished Senator Cochran and the members of the Appropriations Committee, who have reached a little different conclusion than he would, of being corrupt. He used that word twice. Perhaps it is important for us to recognize that there are a lot of disagreements around here.

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Pete Sessions

Republican · Texas

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