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Don Young: “This is not necessary, except only in the case where the plebiscite voted for statehood and they made the application to…”

On the recordMarch 4, 1998
This is not necessary, except only in the case where the plebiscite voted for statehood and they made the application to the Congress, the Congress votes, there is a transition stage, this goes back, and they have to reach the 75 percent?
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Don Young
Republican · Alaska

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Discussing the requirements for statehood following a plebiscite.

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