[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 120 (Sunday, August 21, 1994)]
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 THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE BILL BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT ACT OF 1994

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, there is a bipartisan statement to which 
everybody should agree, and that is that no Member in this House should 
spend $30 billion without having had the opportunity to read this bill. 
I wish I had time to make a sticker that said ``Read The Bill.''
  I am one of the few Members of the House that read the first bill we 
voted on, the second bill we voted on, and I have been up in the 
cubicle in the Committee on Rules pleading with them not to waive rule 
IX12(a) that says that members of this House should have at least 2 
hours to read all of the details of the deal that was made last night 
at midnight. We will be back here later on, 435 Members of Congress, 
voting on a bill that nobody has had the opportunity to read the 
amendments to. Let us say ``yes'' to that type of opportunity.
  Mr. Speaker, maybe we could call it the Right To Know What is in the 
Bill Before We Vote on It Act of 1994.

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