Cord Byrd: “I myself had said that I would vote for this bill. I am going to vote…”

On the recordNovember 20, 2004

I myself had said that I would vote for this bill. I am going to vote against it out of protest against this awful process. I have campaigned against this process on the floor; I have urged that we not let ourselves get into a situation wherein we have to nail together, tape together, put together pieces of appropriations bills, and whole appropriations bills, and come out with an Omnibus appropriations bill. And now we are going to be faced with a conference report that we cannot amend. So I will vote against this process. I will not support a process that results in this kind of chicanery.

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Cord Byrd

Florida

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about the appropriations process and announcing opposition to a specific bill.

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Cord Byrd: “I myself had said that I would vote for this bill. I am going to vote against it out of protest against this awful…”

Editor's note · Context