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Trent Lott: I was somewhat hesitant to speak at this time because I didn't in any way want to make this a partisan series of…

On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I was somewhat hesitant to speak at this time because I didn't in any way want to make this a partisan series of speeches, but my effort here and my intent is to make it totally nonpartisan and bipartisan
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Trent Lott
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Dec 1, 1997

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