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Chris Smith: Mr. Chairman let the Record show that this page of text with ``From Planned Parenthood'' came from your staff. It is…

On the recordJuly 11, 1996
Mr. Chairman let the Record show that this page of text with ``From Planned Parenthood'' came from your staff. It is clearly a fair question as to who wrote this amendment? Did Planned Parenthood influence the text?
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Questioning the influence of Planned Parenthood on an amendment during a committee discussion.

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