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David Thomas: “We hear from the leader we will move forward. We have a lot of things to do. Yet we spend the whole day, frankly…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2001
We hear from the leader we will move forward. We have a lot of things to do. Yet we spend the whole day, frankly, accomplishing very little.
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David Thomas
New York

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the inefficiency of legislative progress during a session.

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