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John Sarbanes: “I say to my colleague, the consent decree I am looking at, in the first sentence of the first full paragraph on page 16…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
I say to my colleague, the consent decree I am looking at, in the first sentence of the first full paragraph on page 16 says, ``The union defendants consent to the election officer, at Government expense, to supervise the 1996 IBT elections.''
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing a consent decree related to the 1996 IBT elections.

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