I voted for airline deregulation, and trucking and bus deregulation, and rail deregulation. But I wanted to say, since my former colleague is no longer here to explain himself, that quote was taken at a time when we had a concept of a bill and not the specific language of a bill. It is not relevant to the present debate.
Discussing the relevance of past statements during a debate on deregulation.
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