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Patricia Schroeder: “I want to tell you, I really admire this woman astronaut. We put her up in space and we seem to forget to bring her…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1996
I want to tell you, I really admire this woman astronaut. We put her up in space and we seem to forget to bring her back. This poor soul has been trapped up in space for a very long time. Now it appears that the hurricane is delaying picking her up again. I think that she has probably got the best sense of humor in the world. She said it is like being trapped in a very, very small camper with all your children on rainy days and you can never get out. So I hope we bring her back very soon, and when we bring her back we give her some kind of an award for incredible patience. She is showing us what revolutionary patience can really be all about. The reason that this body would spend that kind of money for a special counsel is because of the trusteeship that we all hold. We are all here because taxpayers have sent us here and we are supposed to follow the law. This is a government of laws and not of men.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
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Discussing astronaut Shannon Lucid and the importance of accountability in government.

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