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Rep. Corrine Brown: it was disgusting. They were talking about why were we rushing. I would have passed the bill on September 12. Here we…

On the recordOctober 31, 2001
it was disgusting. They were talking about why were we rushing. I would have passed the bill on September 12. Here we are 7 weeks later and we are rushing? I am on the House Committee on Transportation and the Infrastructure. We have not had a discussion, a debate. What we passed out should have been on the floor. But we have the leadership refusing to take up a bill. The Senate passed a bill on October 11, I think.
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Rep. Corrine Brown
Florida

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Addressing concerns about the legislative process and delays in passing a transportation bill.

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