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Joe Barton: I did not go to Hershey, PA, at the bipartisan retreat, but if I had and would have come on the floor for this debate…

On the recordApril 15, 1997
I did not go to Hershey, PA, at the bipartisan retreat, but if I had and would have come on the floor for this debate this evening, I do not believe I would have used words like ``absurd,'' ``mush,'' things of that sort. I do not think they help us.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Discussing the tone of debate during a bipartisan retreat.

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