Charles Robb said "I am a cosponsor of that particular amendment. I reiterate for my colleagues, particularly on this side of the aisle who may not have heard the arguments, this is simply a sense-of-the-Senate resolution which is attempting to deal with a very difficult problem here in the Nation's Capital. It does not direct the President or the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secret Service to do anything. It is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution that asks them, in effect, to work together to try to solve the problem. I hope my colleagues will join in this case in opposing the motion to table when we vote on it at 2:15." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 19, 1996

I am a cosponsor of that particular amendment. I reiterate for my colleagues, particularly on this side of the aisle who may not have heard the arguments, this is simply a sense-of-the-Senate resolution which is attempting to deal with a very difficult problem here in the Nation's Capital. It does not direct the President or the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secret Service to do anything. It is a sense-of-the-Senate resolution that asks them, in effect, to work together to try to solve the problem. I hope my colleagues will join in this case in opposing the motion to table when we vote on it at 2:15.

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Charles Robb

Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing support for a sense-of-the-Senate resolution during a floor debate.

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