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Lloyd Doggett: “He is a pretty good farmer up there. Mr. Laney is a farmer, a citizen legislator. I doubt there are that many Texans…”

On the recordMay 14, 2003
He is a pretty good farmer up there. Mr. Laney is a farmer, a citizen legislator. I doubt there are that many Texans outside of west Texas that know precisely where Hale Center is. I do not know. Maybe that is why the current Speaker of the House had to turn to some Federal agency that is supposed to be protecting us from threats to try to find out where Mr. Laney's plane had gone from Hale Center.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the knowledge of Texas geography and a federal agency's involvement regarding Mr. Laney.

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