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Patricia Schroeder: “I reclaim my time because my feeling was that, if we could cut it down, I believe in a family-friendly Congress. This is…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1994
I reclaim my time because my feeling was that, if we could cut it down, I believe in a family-friendly Congress. This is very late. This is an extraordinary procedure, and I would hope that the gentleman from New Jersey would be willing to cut it down to just a couple of votes----
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Discussing the need for a more efficient voting process in Congress.

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