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On the recordFebruary 24, 2016
By the way, we were going to be marking up that budget this week; am I correct? I will stand corrected, Mr. Speaker, if I am wrong. We were supposed to be marking up that budget. Now, we have to ask: Why aren't we marking up that budget? We call on you to use this extra time during this delay to do your job and hold a hearing on the President's budget. It is the right thing to do. It is the moral thing to do. Gee, what does that mean? I asked you if you want to work in a bipartisan way. This would be a demonstration of how to do that. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will remind Members to direct their remarks to the Chair.
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Bill Pascrell
Democratic · New Jersey

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