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Thomas Foley: “So that suggests that the young gentleman here who was helping turn charts for you, who is a page in this Congress…”

On the recordSeptember 23, 1997
So that suggests that the young gentleman here who was helping turn charts for you, who is a page in this Congress, whose parents from California have sent him here proudly to be a part of this government, watch it in action, he may inherit a Nation and be a leader of this Nation, one which has a surplus in its budget.
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Thomas Foley
Washington

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Discussing the role of young pages in Congress and the future of the nation.

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