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Maxine Waters: “Mr. Speaker, I will not yield because this is a shame, and I want the press to get this scandal about to happen. I want…”

On the recordOctober 10, 1998
Mr. Speaker, I will not yield because this is a shame, and I want the press to get this scandal about to happen. I want them to know what you are doing. As a matter of fact, this is the kind of legislating the American public hates, sneak attacks for billionaires who use their power to come to the floor of this Congress and get something like this at the last minute. Get out of the WTO's business. Let them work this out in the way that they are doing. Stop being lackeys for Carl Lindner. It is outrageous that you would do this today.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Addressing concerns over last-minute legislative actions benefiting billionaires.

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