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Charles Skelton: “Based on the gentleman's comments, I find that he and I are singing from the same sheet of music, and I thank him for…”

On the recordJune 10, 1999
Based on the gentleman's comments, I find that he and I are singing from the same sheet of music, and I thank him for that. My main purpose for rising, however, is to compliment the gentleman from Mississippi. I think it is important that the goals for this entire challenge be set forth, and he has done that quite well for today as well as the challenge for tomorrow. I thank him for his thorough review of those goals.
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Charles Skelton
Democratic · New Jersey

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Complimenting a colleague on their presentation of goals during a discussion.

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