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Robert Dornan: “Mr. Chairman, every consultant who has made it to heaven or is in the other place will tell you that the first thing…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
Mr. Chairman, every consultant who has made it to heaven or is in the other place will tell you that the first thing they learn is do not be a flip-flopper, and here is the list of how 230 people voted before. This is not a mockery to the Constitution. The mockery was aging, retired Harry Blackmun finding a right to kill innocent precious human life in the womb. I hope he has a good lawyer when he meets St. Peter.
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Robert Dornan
Republican · California

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Discussing the implications of a Supreme Court decision on abortion rights.

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