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Bruce F. Vento: “I wanted to just direct my attention to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. DeLay], and I want to say we accept him as an able…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1995
I wanted to just direct my attention to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. DeLay], and I want to say we accept him as an able spokesman for his point of view, but certainly not as an editor to Thomas Jefferson's prose on the Constitution. But I do say he is persuasive in terms of his point of view.
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Bruce F. Vento
Minnesota

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Commenting on Mr. DeLay's perspective during a debate.

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