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Byron Dorgan: “I understood the point the Senator was making. I think all of us in this Chamber understand the heartbreak and the…”

On the recordFebruary 28, 1996
I understood the point the Senator was making. I think all of us in this Chamber understand the heartbreak and the sadness which was visited on Oklahoma and Oklahoma City and this entire country by that tragedy, by that senseless violence that happened. It maybe in a lot of ways reminds us all again of how fragile things are and how easy it is for someone deranged, or some group deranged, to want to visit great damage on a country, or a region, or a city, or a people. We need to be vigilant about that. But there are a whole range of threats. We need to consider the entire range.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

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Addressing the impact of violence and the need for vigilance in the wake of the Oklahoma City tragedy.

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