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Alan Simpson: I do not believe that my good friend would check through the Senate ethics and financial records and find that I was…

On the recordJune 7, 1996
I do not believe that my good friend would check through the Senate ethics and financial records and find that I was listed among the millionaires of the Senate. So I think that that was a rather gratuitous shot.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming

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Responding to a comment about his financial status during Senate debate.

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