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David Thomas: I do have to compliment the minority. I thought perhaps they were not learning to become the minority quite as quickly…

On the recordApril 6, 1995
I do have to compliment the minority. I thought perhaps they were not learning to become the minority quite as quickly as we had hoped they would. But what we have just heard on the part of the minority is an absolute denouncement of the rule because it denies them the privileges of the minority on the 3-day rule. And then less than 20 minutes later, standing up and deciding, maybe they really did not want that 3-day period. They talked about the fact that this does not need to be rushed through at all. And then less than an hour later, gee, we might as well expedite the business of the House. I compliment them that both sides of the mouth is working well.
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David Thomas
New York

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Addressing the minority's contradictory stance on the 3-day rule during House debate.

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