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On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Reclaiming my time, 435 of us have tried to talk to the people in the other body. But I will tell you, under the Constitution of the United States, we have the responsibility of initiating bills. Read the Constitution. We sent H.R. 1 over there, as my good friend, the former Speaker of Idaho, says to me, and they didn't pass it. It's not their responsibility to initiate. That didn't go anywhere. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 15, 2011

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