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Harry Reid: “I respond to my friend from California that most of this legislation began during the period of Richard Nixon.”

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
I respond to my friend from California that most of this legislation began during the period of Richard Nixon.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the origins of legislation during a debate.

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