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Christopher Shays: “That is why when the gentleman says, the traditional view is that we are playing with dynamite, I was proud to go to my…”

On the recordApril 30, 1997
That is why when the gentleman says, the traditional view is that we are playing with dynamite, I was proud to go to my constituents and tell them. This is a plan I had worked on with the gentleman and others for literally years. We now in the majority had a chance to finally begin to implement it.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Discussing a legislative plan developed with colleagues.

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