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On the recordMarch 8, 1995
I was talking about the rules. I was talking about your love affair with really closed rules during the entire last Congress and now complaining that we only gave you eight amendments this time.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Discussing the rules and amendments during a congressional debate.

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