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Sidney Yates: “They will not be, under this legislation, there is no provision that will require them to leave their homes.”

On the recordMarch 21, 1994
They will not be, under this legislation, there is no provision that will require them to leave their homes.
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Sidney Yates
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a specific piece of legislation.

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