The chairman is right on target, and I just think that this would be a mischievous amendment and hope that we can defeat the amendment.
C. W. Bill Young: “The chairman is right on target, and I just think that this would be a mischievous amendment and hope that we can defeat…”
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Expressing opposition to an amendment during a House debate.
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