“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
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On the recordJune 4, 2019
A Republican and Democrat talking to each other across the aisle. Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate the gentleman. I have followed him, and he has followed me, and we have had the opportunity to talk. I am just not prepared tonight to go into the kind of detail the gentleman is about to, but he is absolutely correct. There are solutions. There are solutions to the problems that confront this Nation, confront individuals in the Nation. Mr. Speaker, I know Mr. Schweikert is going to pick up some of that in the next few minutes as he talks about it, and I am going to sit down and listen to the gentleman.
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Democratic · California
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