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Steve Cohen: “I, too, was alive when Richard Nixon was doing his service, and I remember him getting on that helicopter, waving…”

On the recordAugust 1, 2013
I, too, was alive when Richard Nixon was doing his service, and I remember him getting on that helicopter, waving good-bye. There were regulations that made sure that he was able to get away from Washington and get home to California, and we need to make sure those regulations that might be impeded by this REINS Act are still in effect so that Presidents like him can make their escape. I yield back the balance of my time.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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govinfo.gov
Aug 1, 2013

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