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Ralph Hall: “I suggest that, no matter how the vote turns out, that we start anew the day we have either won or lost it, to working…”

On the recordApril 10, 2000
I suggest that, no matter how the vote turns out, that we start anew the day we have either won or lost it, to working the other end of the situation and asking those 10 people what they think about it, and asking each Member of Congress here to go home and ask their first 10 people what they think about it. Maybe we are working at the wrong end of the deal here in Washington, D.C. Maybe we ought to be working at home.
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Ralph Hall
Texas

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Discussing the importance of engaging constituents in the legislative process.

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