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On the recordFebruary 10, 1994
The gentleman keeps characterizing it as the broadest possible, but really and truly, the public interest may well be different from a personal, financial, or political conflict.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Hyde discusses the distinction between public interest and personal conflicts.

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