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Jerry Brown: “That was not my contention, that the gentleman has not picked the number that we approved for 1996. My contention is the…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1995
That was not my contention, that the gentleman has not picked the number that we approved for 1996. My contention is the committee never approved it for 1997.
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Jerry Brown
California

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Discussing committee approvals during a debate.

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