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John Rice Carter: I thank you for yielding, Madam Speaker, and I thank you for this night so that we can get together and talk about…

On the recordApril 26, 2010
I thank you for yielding, Madam Speaker, and I thank you for this night so that we can get together and talk about something that is still on the minds of almost everybody in the United States because, quite frankly, even though this bill has passed both Houses of Congress and even though it has been signed into law by the President, the overwhelming majority of the people in this country are waking up every day to find out there is something else that nobody knew was in this bill and are finding out about something else that is being imposed upon the States and on the people of this country that nobody knew was going to happen. It's because it was a 2,400-page bill, or something like that, which nobody ever read, and it was voted on and passed when there were people who were responsible for its contents who couldn't tell you what was in it.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia
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govinfo.gov
Apr 26, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about a large bill passed by Congress that many people feel was not fully understood.

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