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On the recordAugust 1, 2013
We did. I appreciate that, and we found common ground. I hope we can again. But also when we're lectured a little bit on rules--and, look, we both wear these hats occasionally--I will remind my friends, when they were in the majority, the rules under which they brought a massive health care bill to this floor with almost no debate, a massive stimulus, billions of dollars, with essentially no debate and no consideration, the Dodd- Frank rule. So whatever sins have been committed on our side of the aisle, I would suggest this is one where you need to look at the log in your own eye in terms of the size and scope of that legislation and the rules that accompany them.
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Tom Cole
Republican · Oklahoma
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Aug 1, 2013

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