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Hal Rogers: That was the plan, the gentleman is correct, that this House passed, and now we hit this brick wall of the White House…

On the recordOctober 14, 1998
That was the plan, the gentleman is correct, that this House passed, and now we hit this brick wall of the White House saying, no, siree, we are going to shut the government down until we get our way on the census.
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Hal Rogers
Republican · Kentucky

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Discussing the government's stance on the census during a debate.

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