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Benjamin Gilman: “in what I am advised is a practically unprecedented move, the minority leadership, apparently acting on behalf of…”

On the recordMay 12, 1997
in what I am advised is a practically unprecedented move, the minority leadership, apparently acting on behalf of minority members of the Committee on International Relations, indicated that they would interpose an objection to the committee majority's request to file a supplemental report on the bill, H.R. 1486, the Foreign Policy Reform Act. The supplemental report would have provided the cost and mandate estimate of the Congressional Budget Office and the "Ramseyer print" of the amendment ordered reported by the International Relations Committee. For the information of the Members, the CBO report is printed below. The Ramseyer print, which would cost $30,000 or more to print in the Record according to an informal estimate from the GPO, will be available for Members to review in the offices of the International Relations Committee.
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Benjamin Gilman
New York
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Discussing objections to a supplemental report on the Foreign Policy Reform Act during House floor debate.

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