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On the recordFebruary 3, 2010
Thank you very much. I want to thank the gentlelady from California again for her leadership, and also for once again leading the effort on debt relief. Because Haiti certainly should not have to repay any loans given the devastation that it has faced not only during this recent disaster, but in the past. Congressman Ed Towns, chair of the Government Reform Committee from the great State of New York, with a large Haitian American population, large Caribbean American population, also a minister, who has been a strong voice on behalf of the Haitian people throughout his life. Congressman Ed Towns.
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Barbara Lee
Democratic · California

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