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Bill Clinton: on behalf of not just New York--let's not look at it abstractly as just the big State and the big city that we are. I…

On the recordDecember 6, 2001
on behalf of not just New York--let's not look at it abstractly as just the big State and the big city that we are. I want everyone to picture the faces of those firefighters, police officers, and emergency workers, and then I want everyone to think about the widows and the orphans. Our country was invaded, and under the Constitution, we owe, as a nation, the protection and certainly the support of this body for which we are fighting tonight. I hope that what is an emergency will be voted as such this evening. Thank you, Madam President.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Addressing the need for support and protection following a national emergency.

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