James Oberstar: “for the record, it must be said that the chairman has worked mightily…”

On the recordJuly 19, 2005

for the record, it must be said that the chairman has worked mightily, put in extraordinary hours, and used his enormous powers of persuasion to achieve the agreement in conference with the other body and, when necessary for extensions, to do it simply and cleanly and not have these other expenditures. But this is a 2-body Congress, and we do have to come to agreement with the other body. Despite the chairman's best judgment, in which I totally concur, we are forced into this unfortunate situation, which is not in the best public interests, I must say.

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James Oberstar

Democratic · Minnesota

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