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Edward Livingston: “Whether one supports aid to Turkey or not, one should agree that this is not the forum for such rhetoric. The substance…”

On the recordJune 5, 1996
Whether one supports aid to Turkey or not, one should agree that this is not the forum for such rhetoric. The substance of this amendment has been defeated time and time again in years past, and it should be defeated again. I urge the defeat of this amendment.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Debating an amendment related to aid to Turkey.

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