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On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I believe that we send the wrong message to Saddam Hussein, to the British, to the Chinese and to the Russians, to be on the floor of this House today, when we could be here Sunday or Monday or Tuesday.
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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congress.gov
Dec 1, 1997

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