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On the recordNovember 14, 2014
Is it the expectation of the Majority Leader that we would be considering an omnibus so that we would do the 12 appropriations bills in a single bill? I yield to my friend. Mr. McCARTHY of California. No decisions are made on the direction that we will go. The gentleman knows that we were down at the White House just last week meeting with the President. I do believe the best way forward is that we would all work together and move this country in the right direction. So no decisions are made on the direction that we go.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Nov 14, 2014

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