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Pete Hoekstra: “I think it is about time to wrap up this debate, although we have not had much of a debate. But we ought to also…”

On the recordSeptember 17, 1998
I think it is about time to wrap up this debate, although we have not had much of a debate. But we ought to also remember and say, you know, why did we do this discussion tonight? We did this discussion tonight, number one, to prepare our colleagues for the debate that we are going to have tomorrow and also because we know it is going to be a vigorous debate... So we have had the opportunity tonight to lay the groundwork for that debate, to get that information on to the record and to prepare our colleagues for this debate which is going to be so critical tomorrow on a very important issue, a very important issue.
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing preparations for an upcoming debate on education funding and policy.

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