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John Joseph Moakley: “Mr. Speaker, the fiscal year started just 6 days ago and my Republican colleagues have not finished, have not finished…”

On the recordOctober 6, 1998
Mr. Speaker, the fiscal year started just 6 days ago and my Republican colleagues have not finished, have not finished, 9 of the 13 appropriations bills. So unless this Congress gets to work on something other than investigating, the Federal Government may end up closing up for business. This rule will enable them to bring up appropriations conference bills and continuing resolutions more quickly, but it could reduce the amount of time that Members have to read through these bills before they go to a vote. But, Mr. Speaker, without martial law, conference reports have to be available for at least 3 days before they are considered on the House floor. Otherwise, we may have only moments to look over very important appropriations conference reports as they come up for votes, and as members of the minority party, that is just unacceptable.
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John Joseph Moakley
Massachusetts
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Discussing the urgency of passing appropriations bills during a House floor debate.

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