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Bob Dole: I did not mention either your name or your hometown. I said I was in the district--I think it is a free country.

On the recordMay 25, 1994
I did not mention either your name or your hometown. I said I was in the district--I think it is a free country.
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Bob Dole
Kansas

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Responding to a colleague during a debate.

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