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On the recordNovember 2, 2017
I thank Representative Jeffries for laying that out so clearly. I don't know how he feels about the idea that we haven't had a single hearing on this bill. We are hearing that we are going to vote on it in 2 weeks. What is his experience? Since I am a new Member--I just joined this year--I thought we had regular order, I thought we got to debate things, I thought the minority got to speak up, and maybe we got to take ideas from both sides. What does he think about the idea that they are going to try to ram this thing in in 2 weeks?
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington
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Nov 2, 2017

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