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David Obey: “I simply want to make it clear, we have absolutely no criticism of the job the gentleman has done. He has simply run…”

On the recordJune 19, 1998
I simply want to make it clear, we have absolutely no criticism of the job the gentleman has done. He has simply run into an accident that started out to happen to somebody else. That is the problem here. I want to make clear that when we do get to his bill, there will be a lot of Democrats supporting his bill, including this one.
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David Obey
Wisconsin

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Expressing support for a colleague's bill during a discussion on legislative matters.

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