Mr. Speaker, one of the delights of this process, preparing for this bill, has been to go back through the process of the past and look at some of the protestations and expressions of concern by my colleague, now the chairman of the full Appropriations Committee. I love this quote particularly. He says, ``Now this bill is going nowhere. It's going to be vetoed.'' Which bill are we talking about? This one or that one? The American people know that once again Congress is putting partisan political considerations ahead of the needs of the American people. What we ought to do is to stop these political games and go forward with the regular process. I reserve the balance of my time.
Jerry Lewis: “Mr. Speaker, one of the delights of this process, preparing for this bill, has been to go back through the process of…”
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Discussing partisan politics in relation to a bill during House floor debate.
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