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On the recordMarch 24, 1994
I mean, touched with genius but a little oddly shaped. Is it true, let us say RJR Nabisco Holdings pays for my way over to Majorca to address a group of their executives over there and take 7 days in the trip and talk to people about the emotional disturbances involved in selecting French pastries or something and come back to this country. As along as they disclose it, that is perfectly all right. But their lobbyists cannot buy me lunch at Bull Feathers. Is that true?
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Questioning the implications of a bill related to lobbying and disclosure.

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