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Pete Sessions: I have worked with Chairman Warner for nearly a year on this bill. It is time to pass this bill. If we put this…

On the recordJune 8, 2000
I have worked with Chairman Warner for nearly a year on this bill. It is time to pass this bill. If we put this nongermane Internal Revenue Code amendment on it, it will be blue-slipped by the House as a revenue bill. It will come back like a rubber ball off the wall. This is not what we are here for. This is not a campaign finance vote. It is a vote involving the defense of these United States of America. That is what we need to do. I support the chairman. I believe this is a good bill.
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Pete Sessions
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the importance of passing a defense-related bill.

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