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Victor Fazio: I want to maintain, very clearly, that the minority is very anxious to participate in the discussions, whether we take…

On the recordJune 20, 1996
I want to maintain, very clearly, that the minority is very anxious to participate in the discussions, whether we take them up as a package or individually, and we look forward to providing an alternative. I want to find out from the majority whip, if he can tell us, what will be the fate of the so-called reform week, which we understood was coming that week on our return. We now have backed up several key appropriations bills, we have just heard about the need to bring up the reconciliation bills, and we pick up anecdotally that many of the reforms are falling by the wayside. I am wondering, is reform week still in our future, or has it perhaps been drifting off into oblivion?
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Victor Fazio
Democratic · California

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Discussing the status of proposed reforms and appropriations during a House floor debate.

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