John Joseph Moakley: “I had to catch a bus, but the only thing I want to be sure is that all…”

On the recordMarch 23, 2000

I had to catch a bus, but the only thing I want to be sure is that all the efforts that we go to in getting ready for this piece, if this is going to be the bill that we are ultimately going to vote on, unlike the budget bill that was put before us at 2:30 this morning, after being constructed in the dark of night in some den by I do not know who, but that bill never saw a committee, and it was never voted on by a committee. I want to make sure that is the way it is going to go.

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John Joseph Moakley

Massachusetts

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Discussing concerns about the legislative process for a bill.

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