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Dan Burton: “I have studied this issue and debated this issue for 13 years, and I am telling you that we have brought history book…”

On the recordJune 5, 1996
I have studied this issue and debated this issue for 13 years, and I am telling you that we have brought history book after history book after history book and stuck them up on this table, and there is a strong divergence of opinion about what happened, and that is the problem. Therein lies the problem, because there is no conclusive evidence on one side or the other, and for us to penalize our friends because of inconclusive evidence makes no sense.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Discussing the lack of conclusive evidence on a historical issue.

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