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Steny Hoyer: “One of the problems, Mr. Chairman, as the gentleman perhaps knows, is, first of all, the committee asked for all of…”

On the recordJuly 28, 1997
One of the problems, Mr. Chairman, as the gentleman perhaps knows, is, first of all, the committee asked for all of Orange County, not just the 46th District, all of Orange County. That is where the 500,000 came from. So they have done a much broader search than would be called for by this contested election.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the scope of a committee's search related to a contested election.

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