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On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
I have just made a suggestion to the gentleman from California [Mr. Berman], and he seemed favorably disposed. The problem is the date certain. It encourages gridlock if you have to wait for a certain date. Let us remove the date and just say that in the pendency of a complaint, if the chairman and the ranking member together agree that a disposition is unlikely, then they shall dismiss without prejudice the pending claim. That leaves it up to you to decide, and you do not have that incentive to deadlock.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Discussing procedural changes to avoid gridlock in legislative processes.

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