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Patricia Schroeder: “I find that fairly astonishing, that they tell us we can go outside and talk about it, but we cannot talk about it on…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 1996
I find that fairly astonishing, that they tell us we can go outside and talk about it, but we cannot talk about it on the floor.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Discussing restrictions on discussing editorials related to a report during a floor debate.

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