David Obey: “I withdraw my reservation with the notation to Members it would be…”

On the recordMay 25, 2006

I withdraw my reservation with the notation to Members it would be helpful if they would get here to the floor so we can dispose of as many amendments tonight as possible so that we have as few amendments as possible left when we return after the recess, because we do have a lot of other bills we need to get done. I thank the gentleman for helping to work this out.

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David Obey

Wisconsin

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