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Jack Brooks: “None of them that agreed to that, Republican or Democrat, have felt that it needed to be done?”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1994
None of them that agreed to that, Republican or Democrat, have felt that it needed to be done?
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Jack Brooks
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

The speaker is questioning the consensus among lawmakers on a specific issue.

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