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Lloyd Doggett: “This House Republican leadership has turned over the job of writing much of our legislation to special interest…”

On the recordJune 6, 1996
This House Republican leadership has turned over the job of writing much of our legislation to special interest lobbyists. They gather here at the Capitol weekly to write the Nation's business. So, it is little wonder that now with the election approaching, they have begun a corruption search to cover their own misdeeds. The latest chapter in this is this callous act of raising these accusations about the death of Ron Brown at the very time his family still grieves. The Speaker said yesterday, Reagan was teflon, Clinton is flypaper, this stuff is going to start to stick. The only thing stuck around here is this Republican leadership. It is stuck in the gutter because of its own misdeeds and now these callous accusations.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the influence of special interest lobbyists on legislation and criticizing Republican leadership.

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