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David Obey: “I would suggest that if Mr. Clinton, or the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] or Mr. Emanuel or the gentleman…”

On the recordOctober 30, 1997
I would suggest that if Mr. Clinton, or the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] or Mr. Emanuel or the gentleman from Arizona [Mr. Shadegg] or anyone else thinks that it is so easy to put together a compromise, they sit down and talk to each other. It seems to me that that is what we need, rather than having both sides cry 'sell-out' because this committee has tried to draft an honest compromise. I have great respect for the President, and I have great respect for the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], but I would suggest that one of them is spectacularly wrong.
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David Obey
Wisconsin
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Addressing criticisms of a proposed compromise on testing during a debate.

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