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Fred Upton: “We changed the House rules, but we are not living up to them. Maybe we should get the mace out.”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1996
We changed the House rules, but we are not living up to them. Maybe we should get the mace out.
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Fred Upton
Republican · Michigan

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the enforcement of House rules.

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