Congressional Forum
SLP2001043002- 30 APRIL 2001- ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA: U.S. Congressman, (L to R) Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Richard Gephardt (D-St. Louis) and John Lewis (D-GA), listen as Claire Blackwell, Deputy, Missouri State Historic Preservation Officer explains some of the historic programs the State of Missouri is involved in, during a Congressional forum on historic Homeownership Tax Credit, in Tower Grove Park in St. Louis, Missouri, April 30, 2001.rw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI
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