Mark Souder: “we were restricted to 50 seconds. Most people have gone through the…”

On the recordJune 27, 2006

we were restricted to 50 seconds. Most people have gone through the process, but many Members did not come over who could have spoken. I have a general concern that the Appropriations Committee on all the amendments can gang up, as we saw here, on a 5-minute rule; and I have concern about these unanimous consent agreements. I do not think we need to hold the House further here. We already went through our different statements. I could debate for 30 minutes on the census and other things, but I think we should move to a vote at this point. But I have a real problem about this intimidation by the Appropriations Committee.

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