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William L. Clay: we have not had a single speaker today who spoke on his or her own time last week. The ones who spoke last week were…

On the recordJuly 22, 1997
we have not had a single speaker today who spoke on his or her own time last week. The ones who spoke last week were yielded time by other speakers. My colleague cannot name one person who has spoken twice.
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William L. Clay

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Discussing the nature of speeches given in the previous week.

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