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John Shimkus: “We actually had C-SPAN covering it. We had amendments offered by both sides. We had votes. We had discussions on the…”

On the recordFebruary 11, 2009
We actually had C-SPAN covering it. We had amendments offered by both sides. We had votes. We had discussions on the conference committee. On this stimulus bill, there is none. It's going to be cut in the back rooms by 10 Members. There's 435 of us who are elected to represent this government here. Ten Members are going to decide what is in the bill, and we're going to end up with cafe tables for people to have lunch in D.C. instead of research into nanotechnologies.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois
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Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the lack of transparency in the stimulus bill process.

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