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Bob Barr: “Mr. Speaker, one of the sorriest and most shameful exhibitions of a cynical political move... they have now moved the…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2000
Mr. Speaker, one of the sorriest and most shameful exhibitions of a cynical political move... they have now moved the forum for their denigration and assault on the Boy Scouts of America to this Chamber. They truly ought to be ashamed. What is it, I ask my colleagues on the other side, that they find so reprehensible in the Scout oath, which includes words that Scouts are physically strong? Do they object to that? That Scouts shall be mentally awake, do they object to that?...
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Bob Barr
Georgia

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Addressing the treatment of a Boy Scout at the Democratic National Convention.

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