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James Oberstar: reclaiming my time, they entered into an agreement fully knowing what that entailed; and if the gentleman from…

On the recordJune 20, 2002
reclaiming my time, they entered into an agreement fully knowing what that entailed; and if the gentleman from Mississippi and I enter into an agreement for me to buy his car, and I come back and say, gee whiz, I paid too high a price for that car; can the gentleman cut it back? The gentleman would say, wait a minute, you agreed to that price. Pay me the price.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Discussing the implications of agreements during a debate.

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