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David Thomas: Actually, nobody deserves to be heard on this motion to recommit. It is 119 pages of nothing. The way you constructed…

On the recordJune 27, 2002
Actually, nobody deserves to be heard on this motion to recommit. It is 119 pages of nothing. The way you constructed it, knowingly and on purpose, was to pull a charade on seniors. Nothing in this bill will be available to seniors because you did not put a little word in there, a word that would have proved honesty, a word that would have proved courage, a word that would have let seniors know----
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David Thomas
New York

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Criticizing a motion to recommit related to a bill affecting seniors.

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