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Joel Hefley: “the gentleman may be absolutely right. It may be able to be worded much better, but if he and I believe the same thing…”

On the recordMay 20, 1998
the gentleman may be absolutely right. It may be able to be worded much better, but if he and I believe the same thing, that we do not want a standing army, the way for us to assure that is to let this amendment go ahead and progress. I have committed to the gentleman that I will work with him as we go through this process and try to get the wording in a way that we can both agree on. But if we kill the amendment here today on the floor of the House, then there is no opportunity for us to do that.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado
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Discussing an amendment related to the concept of a standing army.

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