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On the recordSeptember 12, 1996
That report, it is a report by any other name is a report, ought to be published and the Members of this House ought to know what is in it. More importantly, the American public ought to know what is in it.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri

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Advocating for the publication of a report during a House debate.

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