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On the recordJune 13, 2000
just for 2 seconds I wish to indicate to the gentlewoman that I know it is not the President offering the amendment, but she missed my point. For 20 years I sat here trying to get her side to do something about it and they did nothing.
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William F. Goodling
Pennsylvania

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Addressing a colleague about inaction on an issue over two decades.

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