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John W. Olver: I had agreed that I would be happy to work with him, and I obviously will be very happy to work with the three Members…

On the recordJuly 24, 2007
I had agreed that I would be happy to work with him, and I obviously will be very happy to work with the three Members who are part of this colloquy from New Jersey, from Pennsylvania and from New York, on this issue, which is an important issue and would require authorization legislation to do, and that is why the point of order lay last night. Mr. Chairman, I repeat, I will be happy to work with the three gentleman who have spoken on this issue as we go on toward conference.
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John W. Olver
Massachusetts

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Discussing collaboration on an amendment during a House floor debate.

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