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On the recordApril 29, 1998
I feel sorry for the 40 percent of the AIDS victims who are children, but those 40 percent of the victims who are children are not using needles, so the whole needle issue does not affect those folks at all.
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Dennis Hastert
Illinois

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Discussing drug use and its impact on AIDS victims during a floor speech.

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