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Norvell Emerson: “I would like to give him absolute assurance that it has absolutely nothing to do with the subject raised by the…”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1996
I would like to give him absolute assurance that it has absolutely nothing to do with the subject raised by the gentleman from Virginia.
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Norvell Emerson
Republican · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Responding to a point made by a colleague from Virginia.

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