[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  Mr. REID. Mr. President, in my remarks dealing with the CHIP bill, I 
spoke profusely about the cooperation of the distinguished Speaker. She 
has been wonderful on this issue.
  Sometimes, you leave out your friends. Steny Hoyer and I have known 
each other for many years. We have served in Congress together for 25 
years. I failed to mention his work on this bill. He has been vigilant 
and with us every step of the way, and I should have mentioned his 
name.
  I also want to say that in speaking--my staff, frankly, has spoken to 
him; I have not in the last hour or so. One of the things that very 
well could happen is that the House may not send the bill to the 
President for a while--the bill he says he is going to veto--to give 
the negotiators more time to see if they can come up with something. 
That is certainly something I think would be a wise thing for the House 
to do. Since we got the suggestion from Steny Hoyer, I am sure it is 
very wise. So that is one thing the House may do.
  Again, everyone has cooperated. I appreciate very much the work and 
the stage where we are.

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