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Martin Hoke: And it got nearly 75 percent of the votes in this Congress. It had never previously been allowed to even come to the…

On the recordFebruary 8, 1995
And it got nearly 75 percent of the votes in this Congress. It had never previously been allowed to even come to the floor. Yet we got 301 votes.
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Martin Hoke
Republican · Ohio

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Discussing the support for a bill in Congress.

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