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On the recordJune 3, 2013
There is something wrong here. There is something wrong. This is truly a David v. Goliath. I think it is Edmund Burke that said that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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Mark Kelly
Democratic · Arizona

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Describing a struggle against government decisions affecting small businesses.

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