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C. W. Bill Young: We are in a position now that we are dealing with the White House. And we finally, just a few minutes ago, got an offer…

On the recordOctober 19, 2000
We are in a position now that we are dealing with the White House. And we finally, just a few minutes ago, got an offer from the White House. The gentleman can stand there and raise his voice all he wants. We just got the offer from the White House. Now, we would like to have an hour or two to look at it. We would like to meet tomorrow to try to give a response. Hopefully, we can agree to it.
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C. W. Bill Young
Republican · Florida

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Discussing negotiations with the White House regarding a recent offer.

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