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James Traficant: We want to defeat the Quinn amendment, but we have an opportunity to do it, and we have an opportunity to debate it…

On the recordOctober 22, 1997
We want to defeat the Quinn amendment, but we have an opportunity to do it, and we have an opportunity to debate it before the Quinn amendment is offered. I am hoping that people understand the substance of that, and not get tied up in the politics.

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Discussing the Quinn amendment during a House floor debate.

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