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Maxine Waters: “I stand here today proud of my colleagues. ... we will do everything that is possible to make this Nation what it could…”

On the recordJune 11, 1998
I stand here today proud of my colleagues. ... we will do everything that is possible to make this Nation what it could be and what it should be.
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Maxine Waters
Democratic · California

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Addressing the fight against racism and discrimination.

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