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Gerry Connolly: “I thank my friend. Madam Speaker, the distinguished chairman of this committee throws a picture up on the floor and, of…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2013
I thank my friend. Madam Speaker, the distinguished chairman of this committee throws a picture up on the floor and, of course, doesn't allow me to respond when he demands ``is this what the gentleman from Virginia is talking about.'' It is wrong for the chairman of the distinguished committee to suggest or allow the inference to be drawn that somehow that picture represents all Federal employees. And the gentleman who just spoke, talking about rights, what about the rights of the employees who serve our country, what about their rights that are being trampled on in this legislation?
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia
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Aug 1, 2013

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