We do pretty well on the committee. We get all the votes in the committee. Everybody's for the legislation and the committee, and then nothing happens. Year after year, we've been passing this legislation at a committee level and nothing happened. Several times I've gone to the floor with a unanimous consent request to try to bring up this legislation, and it's been stopped by one member. That's all it takes in the Senate. (00:55–01:02)
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