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On the recordOctober 13, 1998
I would just like to caution everybody watching this program, all of the voters in this country to brace yourself for the next couple 3 weeks before the election. Look, I think the proudest moment of this Congress was probably last year when Republicans and Democrats and the President worked together to lower taxes for the first time since Ronald Reagan came in, to balance the budget for the first time in 31 years. But what happens as we get close to an election is the Democrats try to prove that they think education is more important than Republicans. Not true. They try to spin it to make sure or to hopefully make sure that they get more votes in the election. Mr. Speaker, I just ask the American people to brace up, watch the spinning, be careful of what both sides of the aisle says, be careful of what the President says and does in these last few weeks before the election.
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Nick Smith
Republican · Michigan

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Cautioning voters about political spin leading up to the election.

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