03/06/2018
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"We do face situations where there are vacancies every year."
"The current status quo does not work."
"this is the house of the people, this is the house of our citizens, and there could be no greater responsibility of a U.S. citizen to be ready to serve in case of national emergency."
"Having someone here is certainly better than not having anybody here except maybe one or two people claiming to have the powers of the Congress."