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Don Nickles: “I want the Teamsters to have a fair, clean election and I do not want the taxpayers to take another ride for $22…”

On the recordSeptember 4, 1997
I want the Teamsters to have a fair, clean election and I do not want the taxpayers to take another ride for $22 million. If we followed the thought that you and Senator Kennedy have, you could have another corrupt election, taxpayers would be out another $20 or $30 million, an observer could receive another $400,000 for saying, 'Oops, it was corrupt again,' and we could do it again and again and again. Taxpayers have been taken for a ride once, we should not be taken for a ride again.
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Don Nickles
Oklahoma

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Discussing the costs and integrity of elections during a debate.

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