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Alan Simpson: “I believe that I am told that there are not more than four or five amendments that are out here that have to do with…”

On the recordJune 19, 1996
I believe that I am told that there are not more than four or five amendments that are out here that have to do with adding money or add-ons. So if the invitation is to come to the floor to bring in your favorite dog or cat, there have not been many people doing that. There are about five. That will not cause some breach in the diet that will create an onslaught on this measure. So I want that clear, if we can. And we have inserted the letter in the Record. I suggest to our colleagues that this is very necessary for one of the few Guard units in the United States that trains the rest of them from the rest of the United States.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming
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Discussing the need for authorization related to a Guard unit during Senate floor debate.

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