The gentleman has had 72 days, I tell the gentleman, to review the bill that he refers to--72 days, not 72 hours--72 days in final form to review the bill. Now, you can keep saying this. You can keep telling the American public that somehow we are ramming something through. You have had, I tell the gentleman, and you know you have had, 72 days, at least, to review the bill as it stands today.
Steny Hoyer: “The gentleman has had 72 days, I tell the gentleman, to review the bill that he refers to--72 days, not 72 hours--72…”
On the recordMarch 12, 2010
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Hoyer addresses claims of rushing a bill through Congress.
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