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Steny Hoyer: “The simpler way to do it and the confidence-building way to do that seems to me, because we want to use these machines…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2007
The simpler way to do it and the confidence-building way to do that seems to me, because we want to use these machines, is to allow the technicians the opportunity to fix the machines. That is our desire. Now, we understand that if you don't want to proceed with the business of the House, either the DOD appropriation bill, the FISA bill or the bill trying to give emergency relief to those in Minneapolis, the bridge, we may not want to proceed.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the need for technicians to fix machines and the implications for House business.

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