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Joe Morelle: I think that would deem this section meaningless if that is true.

On the recordDecember 16, 2019
I think that would deem this section meaningless if that is true.
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Joe Morelle
Democratic · New York

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Morelle argues that waiving rules undermines minority rights in the House.

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