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Dale Bumpers: If a gift comes into my office, and I do not know what its value is, therefore, I do not know whether to keep it or…

On the recordMay 5, 1994
If a gift comes into my office, and I do not know what its value is, therefore, I do not know whether to keep it or return it. I know my secretary. She will call Woodies. Let us just assume that they say that gift sells here for $18.95. Then she calls Hecht's. Then she calls Hecht's, and they say, ``We sell that for $24.95.'' I do not want to get trapped because there is one below $20 and one above $20. It is infinitely easier from a time standpoint to just send it back, with a nice letter, saying that under the rules we are not permitted to accept gifts.
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Dale Bumpers
Arkansas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the complexities of accepting gifts in relation to Senate rules.

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