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Harry Reid: “Bork, Civiletti, Rehnquist, and two others, none of whom are Hispanics--and I think a person's ethnicity has nothing to…”

On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
Bork, Civiletti, Rehnquist, and two others, none of whom are Hispanics--and I think a person's ethnicity has nothing to do with the point we have made. The point we have made is on other occasions, memos from the Solicitor General's Office have been made public in this body.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the relevance of ethnicity in relation to legal memos during a Senate debate.

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