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Maxwell Frost: “Reclaiming my time, as I tried to say throughout this debate, this is really a sad day for us here in the House of…”

On the recordJune 9, 1999
Reclaiming my time, as I tried to say throughout this debate, this is really a sad day for us here in the House of Representatives, that the majority feels obligated to grab hold of the President like a dog with a bone and not let go, will not let go in the face of success. I do not understand it, and I do not think people watching this and I do not think people reading about this, whether they are in the United States or whether they are in Europe, will understand what is being done here today. This is a fundamentally good bill. There are a lot of very good things in this bill. Yet the majority spoils this entire consideration today by refusing to accept a successful military operation. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
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Maxwell Frost
Democratic · Florida

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Addressing the House regarding a military operation and the majority's response to a bill.

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