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Melvin Watt: “I am really saddened today, and I am not sure whether I am more disappointed because of the mischaracterization of the…”

On the recordMay 3, 2005
I am really saddened today, and I am not sure whether I am more disappointed because of the mischaracterization of the amendments in the committee report or whether I am more saddened by the fact that the members of a committee on which I have served now for 13 years would be here on the floor defending the characterization that was put in the committee's report. I would just hope that we can get the committee to file an amended report that clears this up and we can put this behind us and go on. This is saddening, and if we cannot get that, I think it would be a really, really sad commentary on this institution and what our committee has sunk to in this Congress.
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina
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