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T. Gorton: “If I can say one other thing, obviously, this question did not come up during the long debate we had a year ago. If it…”

On the recordMarch 20, 1996
If I can say one other thing, obviously, this question did not come up during the long debate we had a year ago. If it had, to the best of my ability, I would have answered the question of the Senator the same way I am answering now. That is what was meant. Had I memorized this footnote at the time? No, I had not. I would have had to refer to it, but I would have come up with the same answer.
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T. Gorton
Republican · Washington

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Addressing a question that arose during a previous debate.

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