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Harold Volkmer: “I also would like to inquire of the gentleman, there have been published reports, and I can't remember whether it was…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 1995
I also would like to inquire of the gentleman, there have been published reports, and I can't remember whether it was last night or this morning on one of the television stations, the honorable gentleman from Iowa who is chairman of the Committee on Banking and Financial Services used words, and I'm not going to try and quote his exact words, but words to the effect that if the Democratic Members did not desist from speaking out on the Speaker's book deal, that he would be loathe to bring the bill to the floor, the bailout bill for Mexico to the floor. Is that correct?
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Questioning a colleague about comments made regarding the Speaker's book deal and its impact on a bailout bill.

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