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Norman D. Dicks: “But does the gentleman not agree, Mr. Chairman, that we could fix it in the conference committee between the House and…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2002
But does the gentleman not agree, Mr. Chairman, that we could fix it in the conference committee between the House and Senate committees? We have done that many times in the past. If the committee wants to change this commission and make it broader, make it more effective, and cover the broad range, we could do that in the conference between the House and the Senate, and we could agree to it when the conference report comes back.
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Norman D. Dicks

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Discussing potential changes to a commission during a conference committee.

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