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Alan Simpson: “I have spent not so many years with people telling me how helpful they can be, and that is the most gratifying thing…”

On the recordApril 30, 1996
I have spent not so many years with people telling me how helpful they can be, and that is the most gratifying thing that I can hardly speak on it through the years. "I want to help you, Senator Simpson." But this amendment is not helpful. This is a very controversial amendment. I share the Senator's views about this brutal procedure. It is a cultural matter. You get into serious issues that are unresolvable. If we are to give the yeas and nays, is the Senator indicating he wishes that to be discussed or debated tonight? According to many I have spoken to, that will take a great deal of debate.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming
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Discussing a controversial amendment during Senate floor debate.

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