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Jane Harman: “I pledge to work with the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I would just like to conclude, as I am very close to this center…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1995
I pledge to work with the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I would just like to conclude, as I am very close to this center aisle, that when we work in bipartisan fashion on some of these very complicated but very important budget reforms, we make more progress. So I feel this has been a very excellent debate on the House floor. I know it is not over. My colleague, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Stenholm], is waiting to speak. But I congratulate both gentleman for the enormous effort made, and also the gentleman from Idaho [Mr. Crapo], who is sitting quietly in the back there, for his leadership and his friendship.
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Jane Harman
California

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Discussing the importance of bipartisan cooperation in budget reforms during a House debate.

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