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Pete Sessions: “I submit it was a political act by people in this body to derail where we were going, to introduce onto the VA-HUD bill…”

On the recordJuly 7, 1998
I submit it was a political act by people in this body to derail where we were going, to introduce onto the VA-HUD bill this kind of massive change in agenda to try to create a debate on health care when this body was on another item.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of the VA-HUD bill and the timing of health care debates.

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