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Gilbert Gutknecht: “That is a good point. Many of our friends on the other side, who you would consider liberal, joined us in that…”

On the recordJuly 10, 1996
That is a good point. Many of our friends on the other side, who you would consider liberal, joined us in that particular vote, and hopefully this Congress is going to have another opportunity to revisit that issue and we are going to have a chance to override that veto. Because I do not know about you, and we have talked about going home over the Fourth of July, I was at one county fair, and I must tell you that was the number one issue that people wanted to talk to me about, because they had learned the facts about this procedure and they said you have to do everything in your power to override that veto, to make certain that that stops.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota
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Discussing the need to override a veto during a congressional debate.

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