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Dan Burton: What we are doing is dredging up an issue that happened 70 years ago, if it happened at all, and there is a divergence…

On the recordJune 5, 1996
What we are doing is dredging up an issue that happened 70 years ago, if it happened at all, and there is a divergence of opinion, and we are penalizing a friend based upon that erroneous information.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing the implications of revisiting historical issues in a legislative context.

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