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Jeb Hensarling: I have not been a fan of omnibus spending legislation when my party was in control. I voted against the omnibus. It's no…

On the recordDecember 17, 2007
I have not been a fan of omnibus spending legislation when my party was in control. I voted against the omnibus. It's no way to run the railroad, Mr. Speaker. In fact, when my party was in control, if an omnibus was passed, I note, for example, if I look at the Congressional Record of January 4, 2005, that to bring an omnibus piece of legislation to the floor by waiving the 3-day rule was described as 'martial law' by then-Minority Leader Pelosi, now Speaker Pelosi. It's in the Record, Mr. Speaker. Look it up. So somehow when she's the minority leader, Mr. Speaker, it's not okay to bring this monstrosity; in fact, it's tantamount to martial law. And yet we've heard that this is going to be such an open and democratic and fair Congress. So what is it, Mr. Speaker? Is it martial law, is it not martial law, to expect Members who haven't even seen the bill, much less read the bill, to vote on it tonight?
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Jeb Hensarling
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Criticizing the process of considering a lengthy omnibus spending bill in Congress.

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