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Gus Bilirakis: every House Democratic Member who showed an interest in having a piece of legislation rather than an issue in November…

On the recordNovember 20, 2003
every House Democratic Member who showed an interest in having a piece of legislation rather than an issue in November was invited into this coalition. It was bipartisan because there were two Democratic Senators who did have enough dedication who wanted to have a bill who were invited to participate, and I am here to tell Members that their comments and their recommendations probably took up 50 percent of the time over a period of months.
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Gus Bilirakis
Republican · Florida

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Discussing bipartisan efforts in legislation during a House floor speech.

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