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Bill Pascrell: I contend that that is un-American. Read my lips. Cancer screenings. I contend that that is un-American. And you have…

On the recordJanuary 6, 2016
I contend that that is un-American. Read my lips. Cancer screenings. I contend that that is un-American. And you have nothing in your budget, and you have nothing in your so-called plan--which dematerialized before it materialized--that would take care of these folks. And the subject of birth control, since you like to talk about it all the time, that, to me, is un-American. That, to me, reduces freedom in the greatest country on the planet. So what will we come up with? In a bill that came before us without regular order--you tout all the time that we need regular order, we have got to go through the process and get the bill in front of us-- this did not go through the process. This committee that you had was a joke. You know it and I know it. So what a spirit of reconciliation, what a horror--what a horror-- being projected on the American people. It is too bad. It is not a good way to start the new year, and I am not hopeful for the future. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to address their remarks to the Chair.
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Bill Pascrell
Democratic · New Jersey
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Jan 6, 2016

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