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Robert Dornan: I thank the gentleman. If there is anything I know about theology or philosophy or rhetoric or logic or ethics more than…

On the recordJuly 30, 1996
I thank the gentleman. If there is anything I know about theology or philosophy or rhetoric or logic or ethics more than you do, it is only because I am years older than you are and you are catching fast on me. Before you are my tender years you will have gone beyond me. My wife was down in the cellar filing unbelievable reams of mimeographed documents, books, and paperwork, and she came across the House Ethics Manual. You got one a long time ago. They gave you one over a year and a half ago.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Discussing the House Ethics Manual during a debate.

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