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Joel Hefley: “tonight at about 9 p.m. we are going to begin consideration of the telecommunications bill. It is a very important piece…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1995
tonight at about 9 p.m. we are going to begin consideration of the telecommunications bill. It is a very important piece of legislation. It affects everybody in the United States, and will for years to come. We have been working on this piece of legislation for at least 10 years, I am told, and yet somebody has decided it must be out before we leave here the first of August. This bill passed by an overwhelming majority when it came out of committee, a bipartisan majority, and has been taken and rewritten in a back room by a handful of people, and we are going to begin debate on it tonight. Usually when something this important is rushed through in the dark of night, it is because someone does not want us to know what the real ramifications are. This is no way to do the people's business.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado
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Addressing concerns about the rushed consideration of the telecommunications bill.

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