Does the gentlewoman mean to tell me that she is going to be asked to vote on a major, major piece of legislation today and she has never read what she is voting on?
Gerald Kleczka: “Does the gentlewoman mean to tell me that she is going to be asked to vote on a major, major piece of legislation today…”
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Questioning a colleague's preparedness to vote on significant legislation.
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