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On the recordMarch 6, 1996
Not only that, it is clear that we have people in this city who have made a career out of taking more and more and more money from the public for their purposes, not for the public's purposes.
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James Longley
Republican · Maine

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Addressing issues of public funding and misuse in a speech.

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