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Brandon Williams: I really did not hear anything they said with which I disagreed. It is just that almost everything they said, in my…

On the recordJanuary 31, 1996
I really did not hear anything they said with which I disagreed. It is just that almost everything they said, in my judgment, was somewhat meaningless and mostly cliches. One has to, it seems to me, in difficult times like this get past cliches and move to facts if we are really to change this Government and our response to people in the way they want.
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Brandon Williams
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Critiquing previous speakers' reliance on clichés during a discussion on government and education.

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