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John W. Olver: “I am very interested in this conversation. The gentleman from Arizona, who is usually so rational about this whole…”

On the recordJuly 29, 2010
I am very interested in this conversation. The gentleman from Arizona, who is usually so rational about this whole effort that he puts forward, he is going to earn a reputation as a grinch for trying to take the one Member representing 4 million people in Puerto Rico, taking a program that would provide ADA compliance in a very small park in a community that's done for children and teens, and he wants to deny the representative for those 4 million people the opportunity to have a very small earmark.
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John W. Olver
Massachusetts
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Jul 29, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker criticizes an amendment that would deny funding for a park project in Puerto Rico.

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