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Mark Warner: “I hope the Senator would be agreeable to laying this amendment aside so that the Senate would proceed with other…”

On the recordMay 14, 1998
I hope the Senator would be agreeable to laying this amendment aside so that the Senate would proceed with other amendments, and within that period of time it would be the pending amendment, within that period of time, we will get the expression and the views of colleagues serving on those other committees.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for further consideration of an amendment related to national security.

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