Henry Hyde said "obviously I cannot read the minds of all of our colleagues, but I do know that the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), Senator Helms and I were the only three members actively involved in negotiating the language of sections 2004, 2006 and 2011 with the administration. I have accurately described our understanding of how these sections would work together, what our intention was, and what we understood the administration's understanding and intention to be. I suppose that someone else could try to project onto these sections a different intention, but they would be doing precisely that, projecting onto them a new meaning that was never intended by those of us who were involved in drafting and refining them." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 23, 2002

obviously I cannot read the minds of all of our colleagues, but I do know that the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay), Senator Helms and I were the only three members actively involved in negotiating the language of sections 2004, 2006 and 2011 with the administration. I have accurately described our understanding of how these sections would work together, what our intention was, and what we understood the administration's understanding and intention to be. I suppose that someone else could try to project onto these sections a different intention, but they would be doing precisely that, projecting onto them a new meaning that was never intended by those of us who were involved in drafting and refining them.

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Henry Hyde

Illinois

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the negotiation of specific sections of legislation with the administration.

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