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Dale Bumpers: My judgment may be wrong, and the Ethics Committee may say, ``Senator, are you telling me that you thought it was…

On the recordMay 5, 1994
My judgment may be wrong, and the Ethics Committee may say, ``Senator, are you telling me that you thought it was reasonable to take a bottle of wine from 20 different people on 5 different occasions each for a total of 100 bottles?''
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

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Discussing potential ethical concerns regarding gifts received.

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