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Peter Deutsch: “I rise against the proposed bill by the majority, which does not address any of the major needs the people of America…”

On the recordJuly 24, 1998
I rise against the proposed bill by the majority, which does not address any of the major needs the people of America are asking for in this proposal.
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Peter Deutsch
Florida

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Opposing a proposed bill during a House floor debate.

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