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Steny Hoyer: “It bears repeating that, and I did not know that the gentlewoman from New York [Ms. Slaughter] was going to mention the…”

On the recordNovember 9, 1997
It bears repeating that, and I did not know that the gentlewoman from New York [Ms. Slaughter] was going to mention the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Sanchez], but, as we leave, to repeat that this is the longest pending case in history under the Federal Contested Election Act, the longest in history.
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Steny Hoyer
Democratic · Maryland

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Discussing the lengthy duration of a case under the Federal Contested Election Act.

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