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Richard K. Armey: “This is not about me, and, in all due respect, it is not about the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia. It is…”

On the recordApril 30, 1998
This is not about me, and, in all due respect, it is not about the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia. It is about the children. Quite frankly, we have 8,000 of those children and their parents that have said this is a good deal. We want it.
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Richard K. Armey
Texas

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Addressing concerns about personal motives in relation to children's welfare.

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