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Gerald Ford: “I will be more than happy to do that. As the majority leader set out the sequence of getting this bill out of here, that…”

On the recordJune 10, 1998
I will be more than happy to do that. As the majority leader set out the sequence of getting this bill out of here, that we would have to pull a bill from the calendar in order to have a tax bill to put this one on to get it back to the House, there are a lot of slips between the lip and the cup before this bill will leave the Chamber as it relates to the farmer question. I thank the Chair. Mr. McCain. As I mentioned yesterday, after we passed the drug bill and had an agreement to move forward with tax cuts, I felt a lot more like Bob Hope felt----
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing the legislative process for a tax bill related to farmers.

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