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Dennis Hastert: “I will not yield. What I would like to do is also say, on my time, that one of the things that the gentleman said over…”

On the recordNovember 13, 1997
I will not yield. What I would like to do is also say, on my time, that one of the things that the gentleman said over on the other side of the aisle is that, my gosh, the Congress wants to look at these private numbers. These are not private numbers. These are numbers that belong to the people of this country, numbers that we need to take a look at, numbers that we need to judge with. Let me tell my colleagues, I put together a map or two in my political life, and I could tell them, when we go down to census blocks, the very most simple geographical components of map-making that we have to have, we have to have very accurate numbers.
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Dennis Hastert
Illinois

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Discussing the importance of accurate census data during a debate.

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