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Sherwood Boehlert: “It would improve the bill, but it would not make it acceptable in its present form.”

On the recordMay 19, 1998
It would improve the bill, but it would not make it acceptable in its present form.
Said by
Sherwood Boehlert
New York

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Discussing amendments to a bill during a House floor debate.

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