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Ed Whitfield: “I would just simply say that adopting this motion, as I said, does nothing. If we go through this process, the…”

On the recordOctober 1, 1997
I would just simply say that adopting this motion, as I said, does nothing. If we go through this process, the Government continues, this administration continues, to go by the priority that it has established: The veterans are not going to get anything. So the administration would have to change its position on this.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

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Discussing the impact of a motion on veterans' benefits during a House debate.

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