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Jon Fox: “With all due respect, reclaiming my time, the fact is the momentary seconds in this Chamber to allow the curative…”

On the recordSeptember 26, 1997
With all due respect, reclaiming my time, the fact is the momentary seconds in this Chamber to allow the curative deletion would allow the Members to vote on the motion, and then your persuasive, thoughtful arguments could win the day on the merits. I believe it is not in the interests and the spirit of this body, nor this committee that has done such good work, to disallow this unanimous consent for the purpose of stifling debate and stifling the Members' ability to speak out for or against or vote for or against. So I would ask the ranking member to reconsider his original consideration of my request in the hopes that with comity and cooperation, we could move on and go to the merits of the matter.
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Jon Fox
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Addressing the need for cooperation and debate in the legislative process.

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