Richard B. Nugent: “What's amazing about this is that we're going to stop the debate on…”

On the recordJune 22, 2011

What's amazing about this is that we're going to stop the debate on the House floor about very important legislation that needs to move forward, both of those pieces of legislation. And so we need to have open debate on the House floor with opposing viewpoints, with the ability to have amendments added on the floor, which we have allowed in this rule. With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from California (Mr. Dreier), the chairman of the Rules Committee.

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Richard B. Nugent

Florida

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Jun 22, 2011

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