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Deborah Koff Ross: Where I come from, most people think we ought to have a vote if we are spending a dollar. We cannot even get the…

On the recordDecember 17, 2005
Where I come from, most people think we ought to have a vote if we are spending a dollar. We cannot even get the leadership here to give us a vote when we spend $50 million. It is time for that to change. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
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Deborah Koff Ross
Democratic · North Carolina

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