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Steny Hoyer: We could go on a long time on this. We probably ought to move along with the schedule because you and I have a different…

On the recordJuly 20, 2006
We could go on a long time on this. We probably ought to move along with the schedule because you and I have a different view as to who is going to be lame and who is going to be the duck and other issues of great importance to the American people. On the issues, the Labor-Health bill, obviously the minimum wage is one of the issues on that bill, but there are a lot of other issues on that bill as well. Do you have any expectation the Labor-Health bill will move either next week, I know it is not on the calendar, or in September? I yield to my friend.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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