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Roscoe Bartlett: “This is not a Republican program. It was what, April 3, that the President's trustees, the ones he appointed--he…”

On the recordSeptember 14, 1995
This is not a Republican program. It was what, April 3, that the President's trustees, the ones he appointed--he appointed four of them. Three of them are Cabinet Members, and they are the ones that in their annual report point out that we have absolutely got to do something. Now all at once from the other side of the aisle and from many journalists this becomes a Republican problem. It is our problem, it is not a Republican problem, but it is a problem that Republicans are stepping up to, and it is a problem that those on the other side of the aisle have not been willing to step up to. They have been very willing to be the source of disseminating false information to the American people.
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Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland
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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the perception of a problem as a partisan issue during a discussion on national concerns.

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