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Ronald Dellums: “Let me first respond to my colleague by saying, look, we all know there are very significant amendments here. Take the…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 1995
Let me first respond to my colleague by saying, look, we all know there are very significant amendments here. Take the amendment. Every time you call for a vote, you take out of the debate much more significant amendments that we need to debate here. You are going to win today. We thought you had written the bill the way you wanted to write it in the first place. You have got the votes to do it. Why now trample upon the little bit of time that we have to try to make up for it here? You could have written this bill any way you wanted to. We accept the amendment, and let us go forward.
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Ronald Dellums
Democratic · California
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Addressing concerns about the legislative process and amendments during a floor debate.

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