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Mark Warner: “My colleague from Montana is correct. I see my good friend from New Jersey standing. Why don't I ask him: Would not the…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 1999
My colleague from Montana is correct. I see my good friend from New Jersey standing. Why don't I ask him: Would not the result of what you are requesting be simply asking the Senate to go up the hill on rule XVI, turn around, and run down the hill?
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing procedural rules during Senate debate.

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