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Alcee Hastings: “I did not say who; I said which of the worker proponent organizations supported the bill. And I thank the gentleman for…”

On the recordMay 18, 2004
I did not say who; I said which of the worker proponent organizations supported the bill. And I thank the gentleman for providing me this list of outstanding organizations that support this measure. But name me the work proponent organizations that support this measure, and I do not think any are on the gentleman's list.
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Alcee Hastings
Florida

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Questioning the support of worker proponent organizations for a specific bill.

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