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Elijah Lewis: “Mr. Chairman, could the gentlewoman from Washington tell us what she means about the liberals, the so-called liberals…”

On the recordMay 16, 1996
Mr. Chairman, could the gentlewoman from Washington tell us what she means about the liberals, the so-called liberals having a distorted sense of compassion? Maybe being from Georgia, I do not quite really understand what ``distortion'' means.
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Elijah Lewis
Democratic · Georgia

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Questioning a colleague's remarks about liberals during a committee discussion.

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