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Neil Abercrombie: “I would like to reiterate it at this juncture by way of asking a rhetorical question of the gentleman from Texas…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1996
I would like to reiterate it at this juncture by way of asking a rhetorical question of the gentleman from Texas, precisely because I think he has made the case on the face of it for not getting into a situation in which we attach other elements, attach other items to the debt limit bill. Would the gentleman agree it is fair to say that he certainly has tried to make the case that this debt limit resolution should be dealt with in and of itself as a consequence of the necessity of dealing forthrightly with our credit standing?
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii
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Discussing the importance of addressing the debt limit resolution independently.

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