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John Conyers: I join my colleague in his sentiments and point out that this is going to take a considerable amount of work to…

On the recordApril 23, 1998
I join my colleague in his sentiments and point out that this is going to take a considerable amount of work to accomplish this delinking. But I think the time has come that judges, as a governmental class, should be able to be entitled to these very modest cost-of-living increases that the rest of people that serve in the government enjoy.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing cost-of-living increases for judges during a Judiciary Committee meeting.

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