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On the recordOctober 15, 1991
I think there's general agreement around the country and certainly in the Senate that the present process is simply not fair.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Exchange With Reporters on the Confirmation of Clarence Thomas as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

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