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Harold Volkmer: I do not think I would have supported something that even President Reagan, this House, and our Senate at that time…

On the recordFebruary 13, 1995
I do not think I would have supported something that even President Reagan, this House, and our Senate at that time found there was such gross abuses in by local units of government, using it for things it should not have been used for.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Discussing government abuses related to local units of government.

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