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Louie Gohmert: We're here because the Democratic majority last year did not do their job, did not give us a budget, did not due proper…

On the recordApril 1, 2011
We're here because the Democratic majority last year did not do their job, did not give us a budget, did not due proper appropriations, and now the Senate has had the same problem. So I applaud anybody's efforts in trying to move the ball down the road so that we can appropriate. I just wish the Senate would do their job now and take care of it. But for a bill to say provisions that pass the House are hereby enacted into law violates my conscience and the Constitution. I cannot vote for it. {time} 1350
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas
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Apr 1, 2011

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