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James Norton: “I will not abide reckless charges on the floor, and the thing I want to say is that there is no corruption in the D.C.…”

On the recordApril 30, 1998
I will not abide reckless charges on the floor, and the thing I want to say is that there is no corruption in the D.C. Public schools or anywhere else. I think there is, and we have asked for investigations. But when the gentleman rises on the floor to allege what everybody knows, I challenge him to cite me an instance, and if he cannot, then I tell him, and he did not yield to me, and so I shall not yield to him, but I tell him this much: This Member will not accept his reckless charges on this floor or his stereotypes, and until he is willing to turn over to this Member an example of such charges I ask him to keep his charges to himself.
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James Norton
Ohio

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Addressing allegations of corruption in D.C. Public schools during a debate.

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