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Glenn Thompson: “Mr. Chairman, if I had any time remaining, I would yield it to the Members of the Minority Party to weigh in on this…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2012
Mr. Chairman, if I had any time remaining, I would yield it to the Members of the Minority Party to weigh in on this important topic that we have been addressing here, but I have neither time nor Democratic colleagues present.
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Glenn Thompson
Republican · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Thompson expresses a desire for minority party input but notes the absence of colleagues.

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