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Orrin Hatch: may I respond to the distinguished Senator? We have looked at that and we understand there are people on his side that…

On the recordJuly 11, 1995
may I respond to the distinguished Senator? We have looked at that and we understand there are people on his side that do not like some of those suggestions. There are certainly a lot of people on our side. So what we have been trying to do is work out individual items as we can. But the vast bulk of those, we have had objections on one side or the other or both. So, we will just keep working together with those who have submitted those to us, and see what we can do. We have made some headway almost each and every day that we have been debating this matter. So, all I can do is pledge to keep working at it and see what can be done. But there are an awful lot of those suggestions that are not going to be acceptable.
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Orrin Hatch
Republican · Utah

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Discussing bipartisan efforts and objections to proposed suggestions during Senate debate.

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