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Christopher Shays: “I just would like to thank both of you. You claimed the time, and I thank the gentleman from Maine for doing that and…”

On the recordMarch 6, 1996
I just would like to thank both of you. You claimed the time, and I thank the gentleman from Maine for doing that and just say that we do live in the greatest country in the world, and we are going to save it. I mean, we are not going to listen to polls. The polls are not going to guide us. We are going to do the right thing. If Abraham Lincoln had listened to polls, we would not be one Nation under God, indivisible. We would be two nations very much divided. We are going to stay one Nation, and we are going to pursue this.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut
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Expressing gratitude and emphasizing national unity during a discussion.

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