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On the recordMay 4, 1994
Yes. When you go to, say, the Opera Ball, I do not know what one of these dinners down here will cost. You go down at the hotel. I do not feel like I am really being entertained. I feel like I am doing when I go to those things at the Meridian House, the Opera Ball, the March of Dimes, what have you, I kind of feel like that is a contribution of time and effort to these things, and not something they are giving me. But if I had to pay $150 for something every time I went to those, most Senators except the wealthy ones will not go.
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John Johnston
Democratic · Louisiana
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Discussing the costs associated with attending social events in Washington, D.C.

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