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David Obey: “I am of a split mind on this rule because this bill is so bad. But I guess what I would say is I would like us to pass…”

On the recordAugust 2, 1995
I am of a split mind on this rule because this bill is so bad. But I guess what I would say is I would like us to pass this rule so that we can just as quickly as possible get to a vote on final passage so we can vote ``no.'' I said earlier, when this bill came out of committee, that in my view this bill was the meanest and the most vicious and the most extreme attack on the children of this country, on the dignity and the rights of workers, and on many of our most vulnerable citizens that I ever seen produced by the Committee on Appropriations in all of the years I have had the privilege to serve in this House. I do not believe this bill is fixable.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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Addressing concerns about a bill during a House floor debate.

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