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Bob Wise: if I may say to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley) and the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen), I never thought of…

On the recordMay 19, 1998
if I may say to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley) and the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen), I never thought of either of you friends of overarching and overreaching government, so I am quite confident and I am pleased you are moving in that direction. But I think this is a situation that I would hope that, on both sides of the aisle, you would be looking at in your deliberations.
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Bob Wise
West Virginia

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Addressing colleagues about government overreach during a discussion.

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