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On the recordMay 16, 2018
I will not yield again to my friend. I am going to close. I take umbrage at the fact that we would have an opportunity to use each other's time, and you would use it to continue to say I mischaracterized, that we would have an opportunity to have a discussion, and you would continue to use it to say that folks just aren't as well informed as you are about those issues. We have opportunities in this Chamber to make things better, and we have opportunities to make things worse. And I will say to my friend, Mr. Speaker, if we take advantage of our opportunities to make things better, I believe that we will. If we take advantage of our opportunities to make things worse, I am absolutely certain that we will. I choose the latter. I choose the latter. A vote in support of this rule is a vote for the latter. I am sorry, I am choosing the former. I am choosing the former. My colleagues out there are saying: Hey, I know Woodall; that is not right. He is not choosing to make things worse. I choose the former, Mr. Speaker. I choose the former. A vote for this rule is a vote for the former. Mr. Speaker, I apologize to the Chair for my confusion. The material previously referred to by Mr. McGovern is as follows: An Amendment to H. Res. 891 Offered by Mr. McGovern At the end of the resolution, add the following new sections: Sec. 4.…
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Rob Woodall
Georgia

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