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Melvin Watt: I was just going to inquire what the gentlewoman did during the April recess when we were out for 3 weeks and you all…

On the recordJune 30, 1995
I was just going to inquire what the gentlewoman did during the April recess when we were out for 3 weeks and you all seem to have spent all your time parading around bragging about what you did in the first 100 days; why did you not do it during that period?
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Melvin Watt
North Carolina

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Questioning the actions of colleagues during the April recess.

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