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Tom Tancredo: “I want to also say that this whole issue comes to us today on the floor as a result of the really tireless efforts of…”

On the recordOctober 10, 2000
I want to also say that this whole issue comes to us today on the floor as a result of the really tireless efforts of one individual in my district, a gentleman by the name of Andy McKean, who with other members of the Lion's Club took this on as a project some time ago and decided something had to be done in order to increase the level of knowledge that students, especially students and youngsters, have about the Constitution, about the Bill of Rights and about really what liberty means in the United States of America. As part of that task, they have been instrumental in delivering and distributing literally hundreds of thousands of copies of the Constitution.
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Tom Tancredo
Colorado
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Discussing efforts to increase constitutional knowledge among students in Colorado.

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