04/23/1981
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"The vast majority of the boundary changes are undesirable."
"His full and unselfish life for the good of his fellow man will live on as an example to us all."
"We considered George a friend, a dutiful and unyielding servant of the people he represented in Congress for the past 14 years."
"Because that story, according to the transcript which I've read, is a complete distortion of the truth."