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Mike Conaway: If we have disagreements as to how we get to where we want to get to, it is not because we are callous and heartless and…

On the recordJuly 15, 2009
If we have disagreements as to how we get to where we want to get to, it is not because we are callous and heartless and insensitive to the heartbreaks that these three families have suffered as a result of these tragedies, but it will be legitimate differences of opinion between informed individuals where we might wind up.
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Mike Conaway
Texas

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Conaway emphasizes the importance of understanding differing opinions on policy issues.

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