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Louie Gohmert: “I have studied a great deal of government history, different countries; and I would ask if the gentleman from Iowa might…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2007
I have studied a great deal of government history, different countries; and I would ask if the gentleman from Iowa might engage me in a colloquy to answer one question, if you are aware of the difference between the process that the former Soviet Union arrived at in order to appropriate money and the process that has been used to appropriate $463 billion tomorrow.
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Louie Gohmert
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing government appropriation processes in comparison to the former Soviet Union.

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