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Willie Hefner: “I would tell him that he is running a travesty, and he is running a dictatorial type of Committee on Rules, and he is…”

On the recordJune 18, 1998
I would tell him that he is running a travesty, and he is running a dictatorial type of Committee on Rules, and he is writing the legislation of what comes before this House, and he is doing it with an overriding hand. Nobody has any rights. The Committee on Rules is writing the legislation that comes to this House, make no mistake about it. The Committee on Rules is the Speaker's committee. He is absolutely telling the Committee on Rules, here is what you do, there is no deviation from it, and you bring it to the floor here; and that, to me, is not the way. You are just absolutely bypassing the legislative process, and that is not right.
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Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the Committee on Rules and its influence over legislation during a House floor debate.

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