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Robert Weygand: “Well, let me ask the gentleman this. When a person has to spend a million dollars or $2 million of special interest…”

On the recordJune 17, 1998
Well, let me ask the gentleman this. When a person has to spend a million dollars or $2 million of special interest, including the various organizations that have helped them----
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Robert Weygand
Rhode Island

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Discussing the influence of special interest money in politics.

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