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On the recordMarch 20, 2010
I would like to say that I take exception to the suggestion that this process has been conducted in an open way. We have 3,800 pages of materials right here that we have been given in the last 3 days. Who on earth is able to go through 3,800 pages? That consists of the bill itself, H.R. 4872, 2,300 pages; House Report volumes 1 and 2 from the Budget Committee report explaining the bill, that adds up to 1,300 pages; and the amendment in the nature of a substitute to the Reconciliation Act, 150 pages. That is a total of 3,800 pages that we have been given in the last 72 hours. What kind of process is this?
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Doug Lamborn
Republican · Colorado
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govinfo.gov
Mar 20, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker criticizes the lack of transparency in the legislative process regarding a large bill.

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