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Pete Sessions: “I would remind the gentleman, I'm not involved in those conversations. I do know that this is part of your job as the…”

On the recordMay 17, 2013
I would remind the gentleman, I'm not involved in those conversations. I do know that this is part of your job as the ranking member. I respect that, and I would be in favor of it, because I, too, want us to have more of a unified budget, a clear understanding, an opportunity for us to understand what we're trying to do. Regaining my time, I would say to the gentleman and to this body, I have every reason to believe that there can be opportunities for our two bodies to work together. My last point: This ``no budget, no pay,'' it worked. It worked, Mr. Speaker. It was the law. The President actually produced a budget.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas
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May 17, 2013

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