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Norman D. Dicks: “I would just say to the gentleman from New Jersey that I was in almost all of the meetings in our caucus. This bill was…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
I would just say to the gentleman from New Jersey that I was in almost all of the meetings in our caucus. This bill was read provision by provision, sentence by sentence, and we had the staffers there who wrote these provisions under the direction of our chairman at that time. This was carefully considered, and any idea from the gentleman from New Jersey that it wasn't is just an outrageous statement on his part, and he ought to be ashamed of himself. Your inability to come here, as you promised, to create jobs for the American people, to lower the deficit for them, and to turn the economy around has failed.
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Feb 18, 2011

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The speaker defends the thoroughness of the bill's consideration and criticizes the opposition's failure to deliver on job creation and economic improvement.

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