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Karen Thurman: “And we could say the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Berkley) has given us a wonderful opportunity to understand what…”

On the recordMay 8, 2002
And we could say the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Berkley) has given us a wonderful opportunity to understand what happened in Nevada. And it would seem to me that it would be something this Congress ought to be looking at where the pitfalls were what happened. I mean, correcting and not trying to pass a model that has already failed in one State.
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Karen Thurman
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing lessons learned from Nevada's experience in Congress.

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