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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Mr. Delahunt, before you yield to Mr. Ryan, he actually went on and I have the rest of his comments from that point. He…

On the recordJuly 25, 2006
Mr. Delahunt, before you yield to Mr. Ryan, he actually went on and I have the rest of his comments from that point. He actually went on and suggested that Congress rediscover its power to supervise the administration. And he said, ``The failure to do effective aggressive oversight disserves the country and disserves the President.'' I mean, disserves the country and disserves the President. We are not talking about the namby pamby liberals that the Republican leadership always refers to. We are talking about the former Speaker of this House and the leader of the Republican Revolution. This is damning criticism. Damning criticism. Mr. Ryan.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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