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Steny Hoyer: “I will say to you, we can wring our hands and say that the Senate's not doing its job. We're not in the Senate. We're…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I will say to you, we can wring our hands and say that the Senate's not doing its job. We're not in the Senate. We're here. Let us come to agreement. And we know the agreement is going to be someplace in between where you are and where we are. We know that. But what we don't know is what you can pass. What you don't know is what you can pass. You don't know what your caucus will do. I understand that. You are deeply divided, in my opinion, and we need to know, because it is not just us here that are adversely affected. Let us come to agreement. Let us stop this process of funding government in very short cycles. It is not good for our country, it is not good for the people who work for our country, and it is not good for the people who are doing work around the world.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 15, 2011

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