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Rick Lazio: the language of the gentleman's amendment is that anybody above 50 percent is excluded, and that is what the gentleman…

On the recordMay 8, 1997
the language of the gentleman's amendment is that anybody above 50 percent is excluded, and that is what the gentleman from Iowa [Mr. Leach] is taking.
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Rick Lazio
New York

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Discussing an amendment during a House debate.

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