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David Minge: And it would be correct to say that in the 104th Congress some of the rules changed, and we no longer had demonstration…

On the recordApril 17, 1996
And it would be correct to say that in the 104th Congress some of the rules changed, and we no longer had demonstration projects, so that we were not subject to this type of request from our constituents and, as a consequence, the process here in the House changed and we sort of cleaned up our act a little, if you will.
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David Minge
Minnesota

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Discussing changes in House rules during the 104th Congress.

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