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Barney Frank: “I do not regard it as an acceptable trade-off that you cut off debate time to have a quorum call. I do not think cutting…”

On the recordJune 7, 1995
I do not regard it as an acceptable trade-off that you cut off debate time to have a quorum call. I do not think cutting debate on important amendments is an acceptable defense of a very arbitrary and unfair rule.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Opposing the limitation of debate time during a quorum call.

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