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On the recordDecember 7, 2004
I thank her for yielding and appreciate the work she has done in putting together this bill. What the indications are and what the colloquy I had with my colleague indicate are that the provisions that were deleted from the bill that we are considering today, the difference between the previously House-passed version and what is in the conference report are of utmost importance to members of our conference, to the leadership and to the President, and that through regular order we will pursue moving those agenda items forward in the next Congress.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the importance of provisions in a bill during a House floor debate.

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