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On the recordSeptember 4, 2001
I am pleased we have had the opening statements that we have had so far, and particularly I am pleased with this colloquy we have just had which shows that we have built some supreme authority into the Presidential position that gives the President the right to trump the other provisions that are in the bill but that still puts a process in place which we hope will be followed because foreign availability will definitely bite us if we do not work with other countries to control it.
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Mike Enzi
Republican · Wyoming
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the authority of the President in relation to a bill during Senate floor debate.

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