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On the recordMarch 14, 1995
You hear time and time again the Democrat spin artists, the Democrat pollsters say, Hey, no one heard about the Contract With America, it is phony, folks, it was just one of those things. It was a bad year. We had an unpopular President, whatever. But the fact is, people may not have identified the Contract With America, but they knew about regulatory reform and they knew about tax reform and they knew about a stronger national defense.
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Robert Ehrlich
Maryland

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Discussing public perception of the Contract With America during a speech.

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