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John Joseph Moakley: is it not true, I ask the chairman, that when you were in front of the Committee on Rules you said that the LIHEAP…

On the recordMarch 15, 1995
is it not true, I ask the chairman, that when you were in front of the Committee on Rules you said that the LIHEAP program was no longer needed?
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John Joseph Moakley
Massachusetts

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Questioning the necessity of the LIHEAP program during a committee discussion.

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