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Alan Simpson: I want to express that. This is a singular amendment based upon the majority recommendations from the Jordan commission.…

On the recordApril 25, 1996
I want to express that. This is a singular amendment based upon the majority recommendations from the Jordan commission. We have seen fit to see that it is an issue that will be discussed, voted on, whichever way it goes, and then move on. I think once we finish this amendment, things will move in a swifter fashion. But just let me say this to kind of summarize some things that have occurred during the debate. Please understand that I think what my friend, Senator Feingold, was talking about--parents--there is no change in my amendment in the definition of ``immediate family,'' none. Parents, minor children, spouses, no change. That, I think, is unfortunate; and perhaps it may have been misconstrued. But there is no change in the definition of ``immediate family'' in what I am doing.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming

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Discussing an amendment related to family definitions during Senate floor debate.

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