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Steny Hoyer: “I agree with the gentleman, because there are very substantial differences. The gentleman mentioned a number of…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2002
I agree with the gentleman, because there are very substantial differences. The gentleman mentioned a number of differences in our priorities. But what that would have done, Mr. Speaker, is to make it clear what those differences are for the American people in terms of education, in terms of health care, in terms of biomedical research. So we could have done that and set before the American people the differences that exist between our body and the other body, could we not?
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing differences in priorities related to education, health care, and biomedical research.

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