Sam Brownback: “I have really struggled with this vote. I find this a very difficult…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1998

I have really struggled with this vote. I find this a very difficult issue, not because I support quotas or because I believe racial set-asides will help bring about racial reconciliation, which is really my point of view and my difficulty with this because we desperately need racial reconciliation in this country. We need that to take place. We need that process to start in earnest, to move forward with the hearts and souls of people in this country.

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Sam Brownback

Republican · Kansas

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Discussing an amendment related to racial set-asides in the ISTEA bill.

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