Willie Hefner: “I came here with Chairman Hyde, and we came here 24 years ago. I was…”

On the recordOctober 8, 1998

I came here with Chairman Hyde, and we came here 24 years ago. I was hoping that I would get more than 20 seconds on this, the most important vote I have cast since I have been here. But the thing that bothers me in this whole process, and I will be leaving this august body which I love, is the hatred and the venom that this has engendered over the past year. You look at the talking heads on television, in the newscasts. There are people that are absolutely livid.

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Willie Hefner

Democratic · North Carolina

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Addressing the emotional climate surrounding a significant vote.

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Willie Hefner: “I came here with Chairman Hyde, and we came here 24 years ago. I was hoping that I would get more than 20 seconds on…”

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