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Patrick Leahy: We obviously have these amendments, so we will have them in order to be voted on. I call them up to have them all before…

On the recordSeptember 30, 2021
We obviously have these amendments, so we will have them in order to be voted on. I call them up to have them all before us. I can assure you that the three amendments that I have referred to, I will strongly oppose them because, were they to pass, we would not be able to get the continuing resolution done, the government will be closed, billions of dollars goes out the window, and we would not have done our job. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont
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Sep 30, 2021

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