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Alan Grayson: Good. The current polling indicates: What do you have a higher opinion of, Americans: Congress or toenail fungus?…

On the recordOctober 8, 2013
Good. The current polling indicates: What do you have a higher opinion of, Americans: Congress or toenail fungus? Congress, 41 percent; toenail fungus, 44 percent. What do you have a higher opinion of, Congress or cockroaches? Congress, 42 percent; cockroaches, 44 percent. What do you have a higher opinion of, Congress or potholes? Congress, 36 percent; potholes, 47 percent. And finally---- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will suspend. Once again, the Chair requests the gentleman from Florida to confine his remarks to whether or not the matter is privileged under rule IX. Should the gentleman proceed in any other manner, the Chair will be prepared to rule on the question.
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Oct 8, 2013

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