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On the recordSeptember 24, 1997
there are 13 percent that were not, and if the litigation against them was not substantially justified, we are not talking about a lot of money to give them justice, are we?
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Discussing the justification of litigation in a legislative context.

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