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On the recordJuly 21, 1998
I want to commend also the other members of the Subcommittee on Interior, who are really outstanding members of this House. It was a pleasure to serve with them and to work with them, particularly the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joe McDade), who joins me in retirement this year. The House will surely miss him because he has been an outstanding chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the Committee on Appropriations. I will vote for the Johnson amendment as it takes shape later in the bill, after one of the opponents of NEA funding will have taken the floor to make a point of order against the bill. I think we can bet that is going to happen.
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Sidney Yates
Democratic · Illinois
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Recognizing the contributions of colleagues and discussing the Johnson amendment during House floor debate.

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