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Bob Wise: Mr. Majority Leader, if I could engage you for a moment, I want to point out to the majority leader that last week you…

On the recordMarch 10, 1995
Mr. Majority Leader, if I could engage you for a moment, I want to point out to the majority leader that last week you and I had a colloquy. The gentleman observed that it was in our best interest to put me at home with my family as opposed to having me on the floor, and you know we agree on that, and I want to thank the gentleman. I was speaking with the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roemer] as we went off the floor and I said see, just 1 week later and we have 3 days that we will be able to be with our families, so we thank the gentleman for that. I would note, with my tongue just a little bit in my cheek, that this may bring out something that we have been trying to say all along, that when you remove items of the contract from consideration, like the term limits bill, that not bringing something up under the contract might truly be construed as family friendly.
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Bob Wise
West Virginia

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Discussing family time and legislative priorities during a colloquy with the Majority Leader.

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