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Robert Dornan: “I think we have to reinvent the wheel here. I think we have to have a whole new structure to help the poor so those…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1996
I think we have to reinvent the wheel here. I think we have to have a whole new structure to help the poor so those without the benefit of good legal counsel can get it. But I think Legal Services Corporation is part of defunding the left that has almost bankrupted this country.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for legal assistance for the poor and criticizing the Legal Services Corporation.

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