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C. W. Bill Young: “I am curious where the figure of 4 months comes from, where they held this bill up for 4 months. We passed this bill on…”

On the recordJuly 12, 2001
I am curious where the figure of 4 months comes from, where they held this bill up for 4 months. We passed this bill on the June 20, which was about 2 weeks after we got the request from the White House. The House expedited consideration of this measure, brought it to the floor; and we passed this bill. The problem has been that the other body did not take it up right away, and they just passed it a few days ago. So I do not know where the gentleman got the idea that we delayed it for 4 months, because we did not delay it at all.
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C. W. Bill Young
Republican · Florida
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Addressing claims about delays in the passage of a bill during House floor debate.

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