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Maxwell Frost: “Mr. Speaker, as I indicated in my opening remarks, this is a good bill. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) has some…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 2000
Mr. Speaker, as I indicated in my opening remarks, this is a good bill. The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) has some legitimate concerns about a particular matter that he was not able to address. The overall bill is an important piece of legislation. We have concerns on this side that we seem to be treading water here in not being able to bring anything up on the floor on a regular basis. We do not know from day to day what is going to be considered. This bill could have been done on suspension yesterday. That does not diminish the bill. This is an important piece of legislation. I support the bill and support the rule.
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Maxwell Frost
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the importance of a bill and concerns about legislative scheduling.

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