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Henry Hyde: “I ask my fellow colleagues, is this a high crime or just an act which lacks moral judgement?”

On the recordDecember 1, 1997
I ask my fellow colleagues, is this a high crime or just an act which lacks moral judgement?
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Henry Hyde
Illinois
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congress.gov
Dec 1, 1997

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