House Proceeding on May 3rd, 2006 :: 0:03:01 to 0:05:41
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Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: why we need reform. the fact that members of congress, republicans and democrats, cannot amend this bill regarding the rules that govern them, that is ridiculous. >> host: port st. lucie, florida our next

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Jim Cooper: caller for congressman mcgovern. good morning. >> caller: good morning, mr. mcgovern. how are you? >> guest: great. how are you? >> caller: i understand you're saying different bills put on the floor, like

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Speech By: Jim Cooper

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Jim Cooper: you say, overnight and everything. i'm a registered republican. i'm african-american. but my thing here is, if all these bills are being pushed in so fast, i'm trying to figure out, all your under

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Jim Cooper: studies? do they give you guys this information? if it's being pushed in so fast, i don't understand why you guys can't get it together to read it and then get that information out? it is like the bills

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Jim Cooper: get brought to the floor, everybody is like arguing and fussing about it. >> guest: that's a very good question. let me give you an example of the prescription, this medicare part d. that bill

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Jim Cooper: was brought to the rules committee in the middle of the night. you know? thick bill. no one had a chance to read it. all of a sudden we report on a restrictive rule. it goes to the floor an hour later.

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Jim Cooper: again, nobody has a chance to read it. a short debate. we're supposed to have a 15 minute roll call. it turned out to be three hours so they could twist some arms to get votes. but the bottom line is

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James P. McGovern: the republicans leadership was able to twist enough arms to force that to get passed. they made all kinds of deals. the bottom line is i think everybody, democrat, republican, should insist that before

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Speech By: James P. McGovern