06/20/2012
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"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"The Dingell-Johnson Act implemented a new 10 percent excise tax on fishing rods, reels, related components and fishing tackle."
"The goal Congress set then was unparalleled in all of history. Our country resolved to put an end to the decades--indeed, centuries--of neglect that had resulted in the extinction of the passenger pig..."
"John Dingell was the floor manager. He wrote the preface for this book."