Republicans Have Been Cut Out Of The Process

REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN CUT OUT OF THE PROCESS -- (House of Representatives - July 21, 2009)

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Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, I wasn't going to come down here, Mr. Speaker, but then I heard the distinguished Democrat leader, Mr. Hoyer, come down and chastise us for using 1-minutes. Mr. Hoyer, you know why we're using these 1-minutes. It's because you've cut us out of the process.

For the first time in this Nation's history, appropriations bills aren't under open rules. So we have no opportunity to offer amendments under the appropriations bills.

So you can understand why, in my district, having almost 20 percent unemployment, some of the highest unemployment in the country because this government fails to act to get water to the people to provide for the general welfare of the people of my district, this is why we come down here, Mr. Hoyer.

So I would suggest that we probably won't do this again because you will probably take away this advantage that we have of using these 1-minutes to make our case before the American people. I assume this will be the last day we have unlimited 1-minutes, but I can promise you that if you just go back to the open rules process on the appropriations bills, we will gladly not use these unlimited 1-minutes this way.

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