I want to thank the gentlewoman from Hawaii for the opportunity to join with her on this because the numbers she refers to is back during the summer--and Speaker Boehner acknowledged this last Sunday on ABC. There was an understanding reached between the House and the Senate that Democrats would compromise and agree to a level of government services that we think is totally unacceptable.
Lloyd Doggett: “I want to thank the gentlewoman from Hawaii for the opportunity to join with her on this because the numbers she refers…”
On the recordOctober 12, 2013
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