I'm sorry, but the record shows that in the year 2000, when you were chairman, on three occasions, Transportation, Labor-H and Agriculture, you reported self-executing rules.
David Obey: “I'm sorry, but the record shows that in the year 2000, when you were chairman, on three occasions, Transportation…”
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Addressing the use of self-executing rules in committee reports.
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