[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                  NO WAY TO HANDLE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it is quite sad that something this 
important had this kind of procedure.
  Now, I got a bill at around 9 o'clock or so. I was told it was the 
most recent draft. I read through that, and I got through it in time to 
have a number of questions highlighted, tagged.
  I wasn't able--my staff was trying--to get a copy of the bill we were 
going to vote on. I got it right before the buzzer goes off that we are 
going to have a vote in 15 minutes.
  This is no way to handle something so important. Part of my problem, 
my concerns and questions I couldn't get answered: Is this going to put 
some people out of business? I get over here, and people hadn't read 
it, so they can't answer my questions.
  This is no way to handle billions and billions of dollars when we are 
trying to help people, and we don't even know whether we will help them 
or hurt them.

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