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On the recordMay 7, 1996
I would say to the Democrats that I thought I had seen it all, but to listen to them squabbling over enhanced penalties for criminals who violate elderly and children, it is a new revelation to me. You just never know it all, do you? You learn every day.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Addressing the debate on enhanced penalties for crimes against the elderly and children.

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