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Joe Barton: “I understand the rules that we are operating under, and I am totally supportive of Mr. Gingrey's amendment on the Ag…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2007
I understand the rules that we are operating under, and I am totally supportive of Mr. Gingrey's amendment on the Ag appropriations bill. I listened with interest to my committee chairman, Mr. Dingell, earlier when he rose to speak about the process in the Energy and Commerce Committee. He didn't talk about the Gingrey amendment. He didn't talk about anything dealing with the Ag appropriations. So I am simply trying to get some information from him about what he spoke of, and I think the rules of the Energy and Commerce Committee require a 36-hour advance notice, and we weren't given that 36-hour notice on that bill.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas
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Discussing the Ag appropriations bill and procedural rules in the Energy and Commerce Committee.

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