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On the recordMarch 5, 2008
I could hardly believe my ears when I heard my friend from Florida say that this is a dilatory tactic, and the idea was to, what was it, to deny a vote on this bill? For goodness sakes. Last night there were several attempts, several attempts to try to improve this bill in a way that would make it more palatable to more people in this House, and they were turned down every time by the majority, Democrat majority, in the Rules Committee. And so for my friend from Florida to stand up and say that that is an attempt to kill this bill, when last night she participated in an exercise to do exactly that, is just beyond me.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington
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Addressing attempts to amend a bill during a debate.

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