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Henry Hyde: “I urge the Members to vote no, to step back from the rush to judgement and partisan leanings that have dominated this…”

On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I urge the Members to vote no, to step back from the rush to judgement and partisan leanings that have dominated this House and permit the Committees of this House to properly do their job.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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Dec 1, 1997

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