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On the recordMarch 22, 2024
Madam Speaker, 1 minute is too little time. The Financial Services bill is a good bill. It is the responsible alternative. It is ironic that the group that has made compromise the most difficult over the last year continues to oppose compromise. Legislative action is about compromise. This is a responsible compromise. As so many of the chairs of the subcommittees on the Republican side have said, the alternative is the least responsible action that we could take. I urge my colleagues to vote for this bill as the responsible, effective alternative, notwithstanding the fact that the operations up to this point of the Appropriations Committee have not been what they ought to be, and we all understand that. It is our collective failure caused, as I said, by a group who does not want compromise. Pass this bill. America needs this bill. It is a shame it is not going to be followed by passing aid for Ukraine.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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