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Steny Hoyer: I want to tell him, with all due respect, I am the ranking member of the Treasury Postal bill, and I am going to have to…

On the recordJuly 27, 2000
I want to tell him, with all due respect, I am the ranking member of the Treasury Postal bill, and I am going to have to go to the Web site because I have not seen the conference report. There was no conference. I would tell my friends, there was no conference on the Treasury Postal bill, whatever is in the Treasury Postal bill, we are learning secondhand. This is not the way my colleagues ought to run this House and respect one another as Members. This is a wrong way to proceed, and we ought to reject and start back at the very beginning. This is not the way to treat one another. If we want bipartisanship, if we want to positively represent the citizens of this country, if we want to come to this place and be honest with one another, this is not the way to do it. I am the ranking member. I have not seen this bill, and I must go to the Web site to see this bill. Reject this bill.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Addressing concerns about the lack of transparency in the Treasury Postal bill during a House debate.

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