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Steny Hoyer: “The problem we have on this side is that we do perceive this as a bill which will have very serious impact on millions…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1995
The problem we have on this side is that we do perceive this as a bill which will have very serious impact on millions of people in this country. Obviously, we have had bills on this floor of relatively small consequence which have been debated, frankly, for days on this floor. Is there any possibility that we might get at least a guarantee of maybe 4 hours of general debate on this bill?
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Requesting more debate time for a bill perceived to significantly impact millions.

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