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Nita Lowey: I personally resent the comparison of this amendment to the Holocaust and the evils of the extermination that took place…

On the recordJune 24, 1998
I personally resent the comparison of this amendment to the Holocaust and the evils of the extermination that took place during that tragic time that we have to learn from and not make comparisons that perhaps are very inappropriate.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Responding to a comparison made during a debate.

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