Senate Proceeding on Oct 7th, 2009 :: 2:20:15 to 2:21:30
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Byron Dorgan: withdraw this amendment from this bill. mr. president, i -- mr. dorgan: mr. president, again, i believe that commitment has been made to me, and i -- but, in any event, it is my -- we're here on the floor of the senate on a wednesday talking about something that i very important, and we've worked on this tore long time. senator snowe, senator mccain,

2:20:15 to 2:21:30( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Byron Dorgan

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Byron Dorgan: and others, we've spent a lot of time working i don't intend has put up a lot of barriers to this. i'm convinced that senator mccain and i and all of the others that have put this legislation together are going to have our time, have our day and then everybody else in the

2:20:55 to 2:21:15( Edit History Discussion )

Byron Dorgan: senate is going to have to stand up in the senate and say or "no." hypocrite when the roll is called that -- i hope when the roll is cled that we have sufficient numbers to pass legislation that should have been passed eight years ago or ten years ago. so again i appreciate the comments that senator mccain has made this morning, and i

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Byron Dorgan: again, i'll have a further visit with him. and i no he that senator mikulski has a bill on the floor she wishes to manage and we don't want to be in the way of that. but my view is that we are going to have our bill with a full debate and an