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Jerry Lewis: if we were in a position of having this item considered as part of the report language, I could tell the gentleman that…

On the recordJuly 29, 1998
if we were in a position of having this item considered as part of the report language, I could tell the gentleman that I would work directly with him between now and the time we go to conference to try to find a way, with our colleagues, to accommodate the gentleman's problem.
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Jerry Lewis
California

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Discussing collaboration on report language in a legislative context.

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