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On the recordMarch 9, 1994
referring to us as ``mean people''? Mr. de LUGO. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, I did not refer to anyone as ``mean.'' I said that it was a mean-spirited act. I stand by those words.
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John Boehner
Ohio

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Defending his language during a debate.

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