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Steny Hoyer: “Reclaiming my time, would it be safe, therefore, for Members to conclude that they need not be here before 5? If we went…”

On the recordDecember 17, 2005
Reclaiming my time, would it be safe, therefore, for Members to conclude that they need not be here before 5? If we went in at 1, you gave 2 hours' notice, the first vote would be 3, but am I correct that the Defense appropriations conference has not convened because the chairman sadly lost his mother, and it is my understanding he is coming back sometime, maybe he came back this afternoon, but would I be reasonably correct in saying that the chances of the Defense appropriations bill being ready to report prior to 5 would be very slim? I yield to my friend.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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