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Jim Himes: “I thank the gentleman for bringing the discussion back to its proper topic of the honoring that this House and that the…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2010
I thank the gentleman for bringing the discussion back to its proper topic of the honoring that this House and that the people of America can do for our veterans. I thank the gentleman for that, and would like to note to this gentleman that I spent this morning fighting to make sure that we would vote on the bill in an up and down fashion. And in fact that is what we will do. I will note to the gentleman that he has had ample opportunity to discuss this over many, many months. But again I thank him for bringing this discussion back to where it should be, which is debating whether and how we honor our veterans.
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut
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Mar 20, 2010

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The speaker is addressing the importance of honoring veterans in a legislative discussion.

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