Congressional Record
108th Congress (2003-2004)
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AMENDMENT NO. 40
Mr. REED. Madam President, before recognizing my colleague, Senator...
Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Senator from Rhode Island for yielding. I am happy to...
Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, how much time is remaining on both sides?
Mr. NICKLES. Madam President, I urge my colleagues to vote no on the motion to...
Mr. NICKLES. Colleagues, let's have regular order in the Senate. Why have the...
Mr. KENNEDY. Since President Bush assumed office in January 2001, the economic...
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Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the amendment by my...
Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, right now the American people are dealing with tough...
Mr. REED. I yield 10 seconds to the Senator from Maryland.
Mr. SARBANES. Madam President, I point out that taxes have been paid into the...
Mr. REED. Madam President, we might be able to wait here for procedural...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN),...
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Mr. REID. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 79
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I call up amendment No. 79.
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
TITLE II--EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
AMENDMENT NO. 204
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I call up Cochran amendment No. 204.
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, just for the information of all Senators, the...
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Mr. DASCHLE. So we adopted that amendment with 79 votes, with every expectation...
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, let me compliment the distinguished Democratic...
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Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, there are a number of our colleagues who have...
Mr. KOHL. Madam President, I rise in support of the amendment being offered by...
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished Senator...
Mr. HAGEL. I thank the Chair.
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I yield 4 minutes to the Senator from South Dakota.
Mr. JOHNSON. Madam President, I thank Senator Daschle for his...
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Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished Senator...
Mrs. HUTCHISON. I thank the Chair.
Mrs. HUTCHISON. To help these farmers stay in business. I thank the Senator for...
Mr. DASCHLE. I yield 4 minutes to the Senator from Nebraska.
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Madam President, I thank the Democratic leader for this...
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the...
Mr. THOMAS. I rise to support this disaster assistance, one of the things that...
Mr. DASCHLE. I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished Senator from Montana.
Mr. BAUCUS. Madam President, I hope my colleagues listen to what I have to say....
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Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I yield 10 minutes to the distinguished Senator...
Mr. ROBERTS. I thank the distinguished chairman of the Senate Agriculture...
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Mr. DASCHLE. I yield 5 minutes to the distinguished Senator from North Dakota.
Mr. DORGAN. Madam President, this is a very disappointing debate. It seems to...
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished Senator...
Mr. CRAIG. Madam President, I thank the chairman of the Appropriations...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to express my support for the amendment...
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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I would like to express my support of the...
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Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I would like to voice my support today for Senator...
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the Cochran amendment....
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, last week, I saw that $3.1 billion was included for...
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Mr. TALENT. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the agriculture disaster...
Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of the amendment...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to support the...
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, how much time remains?
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished Senator...
Ms. STABENOW. Madam President, following up on what the distinguished Senator...
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Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished Senator...
Mr. COLEMAN. Madam President, I thank the Senator for yielding the time.
Mr. DASCHLE. Madam President, I yield 4 minutes to the distinguished Senator...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I hear over and over from the other side that we...
Mr. COCHRAN. Madam President, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the...
Mr. BURNS. Madam President, I thank my friend from Mississippi. And I thank my...
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished Senator from...
Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, 19 Minnesota counties were declared disaster areas...
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, today we have the ability to address a problem...
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Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I think we have had a good discussion of these two...
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask the distinguished chair of the Agriculture...
Mr. COCHRAN. That is my understanding of the meaning of the agreement we reached.
Mr. DASCHLE. That is my understanding as well. I appreciate the clarification.
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, in the final 3 minutes, let me quickly comment on a...
Mr. COCHRAN. Before I yield back the time remaining on this side of the aisle,...
Mr. COCHRAN. I thank the Chair. I yield back the remainder of my time, and I...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, may I ask for the yeas and nays on both amendments?...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN),...
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Mr. COCHRAN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. CRAIG. I move to lay that motion on the table.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 79
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN),...
Mr. COCHRAN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DASCHLE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, for the information of Senators, we now have an...
Mr. REID. If I may ask my friend from Alaska, the manager of this bill, is...
Mr. STEVENS. What amendment?
Mr. REID. Did I hear the Senator say the Specter amendment will be an hour on...
Mr. STEVENS. We do not have an agreement yet. We expect to have an agreement of...
Mr. REID. Fine.
Mr. STEVENS. But we do expect to get that agreement soon.
Mr. REID. I apologize to my friend. I was on the telephone.
Mr. STEVENS. That is so we can work this out and try to get an idea what we can...
Mr. REID. I would say to my friend, we have done good work over here. We have...
Mr. STEVENS. I congratulate my friend. He has always done very good work in...
Mr. REID. Will the distinguished manager yield for another comment?
Mr. STEVENS. Yes.
Mr. REID. The reason I gave the Senator the outline of what we have been able...
Mr. STEVENS. It is a two-way street, Madam President. I agree 100 percent. We...
Mrs. MURRAY. I thank my colleague from the North.
Mr. REID. At this time we cannot do that. I say to my friend from Washington,...
Mr. STEVENS. The projection is the Specter amendment would be voted on at 7:45.
AMENDMENT NO. 97
Mr. NELSON of Florida. Madam President, this is the African famine starvation...
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I rise today to speak in favor of the amendment...
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I regret deeply that I am faced with this...
Mr. MCCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Ohio (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN),...
Mr. STEVENS. Madam President, I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that...
Mr. STEVENS. For the information of Senators, we are now going to take up...
Mr. REID. That is going to be fine, but we would like to see the amendment. Why...
Mr. STEVENS. The amendment has been filed. It is the Specter amendment on the...
Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object.
Mr. REID. What is the number of the amendment?
Mr. STEVENS. That is on or in relation to his amendment at 6:20.
Mr. SPECTER. Reserving the right to object.
Mr. SPECTER. I want the record to show I have 25 minutes of the time between...
Mr. STEVENS. Yes, that is part of the request.
Mrs. BOXER. Reserving the right to object.
Mrs. BOXER. I withdraw my reservation.
AMENDMENT NO. 68
Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, this amendment arises out of the bankruptcy...
Mr. SPECTER. So the essence of it is that this would be a win-win-win...
Mr. SPECTER. I reserve the remainder of my time.
Mr. ALLEN. Madam President, will the Senator from Pennsylvania yield for a...
Mr. SPECTER. I do.
Mr. ALLEN. Madam President, I ask the Senator from Pennsylvania, his amendment...
Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, the Senator from Virginia has articulated the...
Mr. ALLEN. Madam President, I want to make it clear, the Senator states that...
Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, that is correct. The leader of the pilots...
Mr. ALLEN. One final question. This applies only to this agreement that has ...
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Mr. SPECTER. Madam President, the Senator from Virginia is correct. It has...
Excerpt of William Kilberg's Testimony
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Mr. SPECTER. Anyone can examine the record. There was simply no public policy...
Mr. SPECTER. I reserve the remainder of my time.
Mr. GRASSLEY. I will yield 2 minutes to the Senator from Mississippi.
Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I thank the Senator for yielding this time.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, it is fine to talk about working this out this...
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I have strong concerns about the very narrow...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield me 2 minutes?
Mr. GRASSLEY. Yes.
Mr. McCAIN. I have the same concerns as articulated by the chairman of...
Mr. SPECTER. I yield 5 minutes to my colleague from Pennsylvania.
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise in support of the Specter amendment. I...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, how much time remains?
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, in response to the arguments raised by the Senator...
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I yield 1 minute of my 2 minutes to the Senator...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, this is the same issue which the Senator from...
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I yield myself the 1 minute remaining. At the end...
Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, could I ask a question of Senator...
Mr. SPECTER. I yield.
Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I have a very simple question. If in fact this...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New Mexico for his...
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Mr. DOMENICI. I should have said other than they will retain a competitor.
Mr. SPECTER. They lose absolutely nothing.
Mr. DOMENICI. If you have to extend the program in terms of the payoff, does...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, that is exactly correct. It is the money of US...
Mr. SANTORUM. I thank the Senator. I want to make a point, too, that this is...
Mr. SPECTER. Would my colleague yield for a question? How much longer is he...
Mr. SANTORUM. I just wanted to know if the Senator from Pennsylvania agrees.
Mr. SPECTER. Take another minute.
Mr. SANTORUM. I wanted to know if the Senator from Pennsylvania happened to...
Mr. SPECTER. Absolutely.
Mr. BAUCUS. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. SPECTER. No. I don't have enough time, I regret to say. Let me make a...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, will the Senator yield on that very point about the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, how much time remains?
Mr. SPECTER. Twenty seconds.
Mr. BAUCUS. Will the Senator agree, strong public policy, which this body has...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, has the time expired?
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the business about borrowing from the pension plan...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, in summation, I believe the arguments are...
Mr. SPECTER. I thank the Chair.
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I move to table this amendment and ask for the...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN),...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator...
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Mr. DURBIN. Five minutes.
Mr. STEVENS. Five minutes on the Durbin amendment. How much time on the McCain...
Mr. McCAIN. Senator Kyl and I would both like 15 minutes, if...
Mr. STEVENS. Each?
Mr. McCAIN. Ten each.
Mr. STEVENS. Ten each.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I say to the Senator from Alaska, I note the...
Mr. STEVENS. Fifteen minutes for Senator Durbin and Senator...
Mr. STEVENS. After which we will accept the amendments.
Mr. STEVENS. And that no amendments be in order to these amendments. I ask...
AMENDMENT NO. 127
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I express my gratitude to my colleague and cosponsor...
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
CHILD SURVIVAL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS FUND
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR GLOBAL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators...
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I will speak briefly to the substance of this...
Mr. DODD. I thank my colleague for adding me as a cosponsor. I commend my...
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Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise in the support of Senator Durbin...
Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I thank Senator Durbin for the...
Mr. DURBIN. How much time remains?
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I support this amendment and I congratulate my friend...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I join in support of the amendment offered by the...
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Mr. DURBIN. I yield 2 minutes to my colleague from Minnesota. I precede this by...
Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I thank my distinguished colleague from Illinois...
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I conclude briefly by saying there are many people...
Mr. McCAIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. DURBIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. McCAIN. Could I ask the regular order?
AMENDMENT NO. 54
Mr. McCAIN. On behalf of Senator Kennedy, Senator...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I join my friend, Senator Kyl, and...
Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, this amendment restores $165 million, which...
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Mr. Eggle, a dedicated member of the U.S. Park Service, was killed in that...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, we are prepared to accept the amendment, and I ask...
Mr. KYL. I would like to speak on it as well.
Mr. STEVENS. I am sorry, I thought the Senator had already spoken. I withhold...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, let me take a couple of minutes to amplify a couple of...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, as Senator McCain just noted, we have a crisis...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I urge the adoption of the amendment offered by the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 80, AS MODIFIED
Mr. REID. Mr. President, is amendment No. 80 pending?
Mr. REID. On behalf of Senator Dayton, I ask unanimous consent the...
Mr. STEVENS. No. I thank the Senator from Nevada for his great work on this...
Mr. REID. If the Senator will yield? The Senator from Connecticut wishes to...
Mr. STEVENS. Yes. I have a unanimous consent request to offer as soon as the...
Mr. DODD. I believe the unanimous consent request needs to be made to withdraw...
Mr. STEVENS. We do plan to offer a unanimous consent request that would bring...
Mr. DODD. I believe so.
AMENDMENTS NOS. 71 AND 78 WITHDRAWN
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Dodd and Gregg...
Mr. DODD. I think we ought to do that first.
Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent the pending Dodd and Gregg amendments be...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, reserving right to object, I ask the Senator to...
Mr. STEVENS. Does the Senator from Connecticut withhold?
Mr. REID. Mr. President, Senator Feingold has graciously consented to...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I amend that request to 20 minutes instead of 30.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, may I inquire, if I may...
Mr. STEVENS. It is my intention to ask that the Senator from Connecticut be...
Mr. DODD. I would like 3 or 4 minutes to explain what the amendment will...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, may we have the consent agreement agreed to?
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask that the Senator from Connecticut be...
AMENDMENT NO. 217, AS MODIFIED
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, if I could direct a question to the manager of the...
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, it is my privilege to announce that. I was going to...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished chairman of the...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I would like to add my wholehearted support for the...
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Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, has the amendment been agreed to?
AMENDMENT NO. 200
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I ask that Senators LEAHY, WYDEN, BOXER,...
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise today to offer a very simple amendment to...
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I strongly support this amendment. It addresses a...
Mr. FEINGOLD. I yield the remainder of my time.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I yield back time in opposition to this amendment.
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, it is my understanding we will be allotted a...
Mr. FEINGOLD. I ask the minority whip, what is the intention?
Mr. REID. Mr. President, Senator Stevens and Senator Byrd,...
Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, has the other side yielded back their time?
Mr. SESSIONS. Yes.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I understand there are two more amendments to be...
AMENDMENT NO. 61
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 61 dealing with the...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my colleague, Senator...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, my amendment will prevent the arbitrary...
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Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the amendment offered...
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Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I rise today to support and cosponsor Senator...
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I yield back the time on this side.
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, if the other side yields back its time, I...
AMENDMENT NO. 39
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 39 and ask for its...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I am offering this amendment on behalf of myself,...
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Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Washington for her...
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, we are waiting for the assistant Democratic...
TEXTILE TRANSSHIPMENTS
Mrs. DOLE. Mr. President, it is my understanding that in the 107th Congress,...
Mr. CAMPBELL. Yes, it is.
Mrs. DOLE. And it is also my understanding that this funding was not included...
Mr. CAMPBELL. Yes, that is correct.
Mrs. DOLE. I understand the severe budget restraints you and the committee were...
Mr. CAMPBELL. I fully understand and appreciate the Senator's feelings on this...
Mrs. DOLE. I thank the Senator for that pledge to work with me. The health and...
PORT SECURITY
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I rise to request to enter into a colloquy with ...
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Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, the security of our Nation's ports is of extreme...
Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I also agree that securing our Nation's ports and...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, on October 31, 2002, the U.S. Customs Service...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I thank the distinguished Senator from Washington...
Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. President, I will work with the Senator from Washington, my...
PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Mr. CHAFEE. Mr. President, as we move forward on this measure, I noted in the...
Mr. GREGG. That is correct. The committee listed six such proposals.
Mr. CHAFEE. I would like to make the Senator from New Hampshire, the Chairman...
Mr. GREGG. It is. In fact, the proposal to renovate and operate a vibrant...
Mr. CHAFEE. That being so, I ask the chairman if he would deem the Providence...
Mr. GREGG. Although we cannot amend the report at this point, I would urge the...
Mr. CHAFEE. I thank the Senator and look forward to working with the committee...
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