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C. W. Bill Young: I would just make this one point, that I think all of us who pay any attention to baseball understand that we cannot go…

On the recordJune 22, 2000
I would just make this one point, that I think all of us who pay any attention to baseball understand that we cannot go from home plate to home plate. We have to go to first base first, and then we go to second, and then we go to third, and then we go home. We just cannot get there without passing first base.
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C. W. Bill Young
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the importance of following steps in a process.

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