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On the recordMarch 13, 1996
the gentleman makes a very strong argument for the bill, and I will have to continue to consider it as a result of his statement and elucidation about all the good things in the bill.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

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Responding to a colleague's argument in support of a bill.

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