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John Shaw: “I mean the gentleman has been asking us to work with him in a bipartisan way, we come toward his position, and he says…”

On the recordJuly 18, 1996
I mean the gentleman has been asking us to work with him in a bipartisan way, we come toward his position, and he says they scared us off of it. Come on. Let us lighten up.
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John Shaw
North Carolina

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Addressing bipartisan cooperation during a discussion.

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