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On the recordJune 7, 1995
I do not know what knowledge Congress had of what was going on. If they knew and were looking the other way, as I suspect was the truth, nothing would have happened.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Addressing Congress's awareness of certain issues during a debate.

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