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Willie Hefner: “But this is a right for any Member in this House. And I have been here longer than all the leadership in this House…”

On the recordNovember 6, 1997
But this is a right for any Member in this House. And I have been here longer than all the leadership in this House, both Republican and Democrat, and I represent 500 people in my district. I have not offered a privileged resolution, but I have that right to offer that privileged resolution. ... But this is a gag rule. And it is unfair to me, as an American citizen and a representative of the people's House in the sovereign State of North Carolina, to say to me that the leadership of this House, both Democrat and Republican, can tell me that I am not allowed, under the privileges and the rules of this House, to offer a resolution.
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Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the right to offer resolutions and criticizing leadership restrictions in the House.

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