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Sam Gibbons: “I gave the gentleman an opportunity to put it in the trust fund, and he said no.”

On the recordMay 21, 1996
I gave the gentleman an opportunity to put it in the trust fund, and he said no.
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Sam Gibbons
Florida

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Discussing a proposal related to a trust fund.

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