… jeopardized our ability to pass this underlying bill, anti opioid bill out of committee and across the Senate floor and get it enacted into law, would these amendments jeopardize that? I see [the amendments] jeopardizing [the bill] in ways even beyond what you said. So. Because if we pass the legislation with this stuff on, it wouldn't go into effect anyway. Who knows how far down the road when the President signs the bill. (09:00–09:05)
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Asserts that the amendments could jeopardize the bill's passage.
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