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On the recordSeptember 7, 1995
I have talked to the gentleman at great length about this amendment, and I have a substitute to the amendment which I think would satisfy certainly me and, I hope, would satisfy the chairman, which would eliminate the extraction part of it from the amendment that the gentleman is offering, because I think it is so important that we have a commitment to the U.N., but, if I could offer this amendment to the amendment, maybe we could continue the colloquy.
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John Murtha
Pennsylvania
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Discussing an amendment related to U.N. commitments during a House floor debate.

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