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Scott Garrett: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. How many times do we have Members come before us on this floor with an amendment, and they…”

On the recordJune 20, 2007
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. How many times do we have Members come before us on this floor with an amendment, and they begin their statement by saying, here I have a commonsense amendment to this piece of legislation. Well, in this case, I do believe I have a commonsense amendment to this legislation, and in fact most Members of this House I believe would agree with that statement as well. Why I say that is because the language of this amendment is similar, or dare I say identical, to language that I have used in previous amendments on appropriation bills in past Congresses, and these amendments, quite fortunately, have passed pretty much by voice vote in those Congresses.
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Scott Garrett
New Jersey
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Discussing a commonsense amendment to legislation during a House floor debate.

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