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On the recordMarch 8, 1995
I never doubted the business community will benefit from this legislation. I have never said otherwise. But I also do not make the distinction between the common working man and woman and the consumer and corporate America that you do. I think they each need each other, and when one is damaged, the other is damaged, and they should be working together, not at each other's throats.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois

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Discussing the relationship between the business community and workers in relation to proposed legislation.

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