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Charles W. Stenholm: “Reclaiming my time, I took it exactly like the gentleman meant it. It was a compliment. I appreciate the support in…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2003
Reclaiming my time, I took it exactly like the gentleman meant it. It was a compliment. I appreciate the support in this, because in many cases some of the folks do not agree with us on doing that either.

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