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Edward Livingston: “Fairness dictates that if we are going to do this for the people in Florida after the devastating crash of ValuJet in…”

On the recordMay 15, 1997
Fairness dictates that if we are going to do this for the people in Florida after the devastating crash of ValuJet in Florida and if we are going to do it in New York after the devastating crash of TWA there, we ought to treat the gentleman's district the same. We have no objection to the gentleman's amendment.
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Edward Livingston
Louisiana

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Discussing fairness in disaster relief following airline crashes.

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