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Jay Inslee: “I think I understand the nature of the gentleman's argument. But the problem that we have on this side is that not only…”

On the recordJune 25, 2004
I think I understand the nature of the gentleman's argument. But the problem that we have on this side is that not only have we offered an amendment in the appropriations process to allow refunds for Americans who have been gouged by Enron, but we also offered essentially the same amendment on the energy bill that was clearly germane to the issue, clearly would have been allowable, and under his leadership in the Committee on Rules, it was refused to be allowed under the energy bill.
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Jay Inslee
Democratic · Washington

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Discussing amendments related to refunds for Americans affected by Enron during a debate.

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