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Chris Ward: “We were sent here to change things, but, as it stands, nothing is being changed. These people are going too far, the…”

On the recordApril 4, 1995
We were sent here to change things, but, as it stands, nothing is being changed. These people are going too far, the Gingrich revolution has gone too far in the special interests category, benefiting one person, and I cannot believe that we began this hundred days with a discussion about Newt Gingrich and Rupert Murdoch with their arms entwined, and now here we are ending this hundred days. What? With the same discussion, about the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Gingrich] and Mr. Murdoch with their arms entwined again.
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Chris Ward
Labour Party

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Addressing concerns about the influence of special interests during a hundred days of legislative action.

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