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Jerry Lewis: “I also wanted to share with the gentlewoman and others the fact that just a short time ago I returned from a, not…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1998
I also wanted to share with the gentlewoman and others the fact that just a short time ago I returned from a, not exactly a ribbon-cutting, but essentially that, at a Habitat for Humanity, location very close to the Capitol here, where in this case Freddie Mac was presenting a check for $1 million for a program that the gentlewoman knows as the House That Congress Built. But as we were doing that, we were also expressing our appreciation for those who come together, in this case to help Ms. Christy Ingram and her family prepare to move in, probably sometime this summer to their new home here in the Nation's capital as a result of partnering that is going on in the city, that is designed to try to make a little difference here.
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Jerry Lewis
California
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Discussing a Habitat for Humanity project in Washington, D.C.

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