I thought when I was named as a conferee I would have important work to do as a member of the conference committee on the budget. As it turned out, there was nothing to do. We went to one meeting. The chairman told us there was nothing for us to do. He said, you are dismissed, you can leave now. Don't bother to come around again. It was an incredible way to do business--an incredible way not to do business, to put it more accurately.
Discussing his experience as a conferee on the budget conference committee.
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