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TJ Cox: “In order to accommodate the ranking member, who was very supportive of this legislation, as you know, and in order to…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1996
In order to accommodate the ranking member, who was very supportive of this legislation, as you know, and in order to accommodate both sides, majority and minority, we made those changes. I am very, very intent on doing so. I told the ranking member that I do not wish to have included in this bill anything that both the majority and minority do not support. Therefore, I think most of the objections that Members will have upon reading this will be about things that they wish were included that are not in it, not what is in that is not acceptable to them. I apologize for that and I apologize to the gentleman from Minnesota, but I thought that it was worthwhile to try and accommodate those concerns.
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Discussing changes made to aviation security legislation during a House floor debate.

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