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Henry Hyde: “We need an analysis of these rules. This is just cursory. This is off the top of my head. Let us go into this in depth.”

On the recordMarch 8, 1995
We need an analysis of these rules. This is just cursory. This is off the top of my head. Let us go into this in depth.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Calling for a deeper analysis of legislative rules during a discussion.

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