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David Obey: “if the Members of the majority can stand the shock of my speaking from the majority side, I would simply say that I had…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2000
if the Members of the majority can stand the shock of my speaking from the majority side, I would simply say that I had not wanted to go through this amendment because there are a number of things in this bill that I do not want to cut out, but we have not been given any other opportunity to cut out the things that I think really need to be cut out with respect to this new adventure in Colombia. And absent our ability to get more consideration of that, I am going to support the Ramstad amendment. I think it gives us no choice, given the choice the House presented to us today.
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David Obey
Wisconsin
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Discussing the Ramstad amendment related to U.S. involvement in Colombia.

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