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Willie Hefner: “I think the gentleman takes some poetic license here. I would like to see a copy of that letter where the President…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1996
I think the gentleman takes some poetic license here. I would like to see a copy of that letter where the President says, I will put 133,000 workers out and I will veto this bill because I do not want any reforms. The gentleman is taking some poetic license with this in quoting the President of the United States. I would like to see a copy of the letter.
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Willie Hefner
Democratic · North Carolina

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Challenging a colleague's interpretation of a letter from the President during a debate.

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