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Neil Abercrombie: “Of course, they are claiming now a deal cannot be reached, that we cannot come to an agreement even through the American…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1996
Of course, they are claiming now a deal cannot be reached, that we cannot come to an agreement even through the American people in poll after poll and inquiry after inquiry are requesting, is the nicest way I can put it, the Government, that is to say, the Congress of the United States regardless of whether they are Democrats or Republicans, and the Executive in the person of President Clinton, to come to an agreement so that there can be some stability in our economy and in our political life.
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Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii
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Addressing the need for bipartisan agreement to stabilize the economy and political life.

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