Steny Hoyer: “I did appreciate the opportunity to come and testify, notwithstanding…”

On the recordMay 22, 2003

I did appreciate the opportunity to come and testify, notwithstanding the fact that the committee did not follow my advice. My point is that the majority of Members on both sides of the aisle are not on your committee or the Committee on Armed Services, and I think it would have been appropriate for us to debate these items. If the proposals are as good as the gentleman says they are, presumably they would have been supported by the majority of this House.

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Discussing the need for broader debate on proposals in a committee hearing.

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