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On the recordJanuary 24, 1995
I come from the State of Pennsylvania, and we are famous for hunting. I know our chairman on the other side comes from an area not distant from mine, and some of our counties have more deer than people. In Pennsylvania when we have an over population of game, we declare an open hunting season. It seems we may have a lot of hypocrisy and a high population of hypocrits in the House. I hope that does not mean we are going to declare an open season.
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Paul E. Kanjorski
Pennsylvania

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Addressing issues of hypocrisy in the House during a debate.

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