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Charles W. Stenholm: “If memory serves me correctly, Mr. Chairman, we did not vote last year. I have expressed publicly and I will say again…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1998
If memory serves me correctly, Mr. Chairman, we did not vote last year. I have expressed publicly and I will say again to the gentleman in all sincerity, had the leadership of the House chosen to bring it to a vote, we would have passed it with the required number of votes on both sides of the aisle to get 218 votes, but, once again, for some reason, we chose not to allow the will of the people's elective body to express themselves. We did not vote, Mr. Chairman.
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Discussing the lack of a vote in the House on a previous issue.

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