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Mike Thompson: “What I would like to do, since the gentlewoman from North Carolina has joined us, is ask the gentlewoman to talk about…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 1998
What I would like to do, since the gentlewoman from North Carolina has joined us, is ask the gentlewoman to talk about the Grant family and the dilemma that they have gone through for the last 20 years, and how expectations have been elevated, only to be deflated, and as recently as last week brought family members here.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Discussing the challenges faced by the Grant family over two decades.

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