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Nancy Pelosi: “Mr. DeLay's departure from Congress is just one piece of the change that is necessary to end the culture of corruption…”

On the recordApril 3, 2006
Mr. DeLay's departure from Congress is just one piece of the change that is necessary to end the culture of corruption in -- of this Republican Congress.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Nancy Pelosi comments on the implications of Tom DeLay's resignation for the Republican Congress and the need for change.

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