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Jay Rockefeller: “No, I think there probably will not be, No. 1. And, No. 2, I would probably oppose that because this is an emergency…”

On the recordJuly 25, 2002
No, I think there probably will not be, No. 1. And, No. 2, I would probably oppose that because this is an emergency measure. That is what the Senator understood right after September 11. That is why it was in the emergency package. It is an emergency measure, not a permanent measure. It is a way of helping people. It is interesting, the Senator from Texas talked about the budget deficit. He never talked about people. This is about 40 million people who are suffering.
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Jay Rockefeller
Democratic · West Virginia
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the nature of an emergency measure in response to the September 11 attacks.

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