“But a bomb planted by a Marxist revolutionary – well, that’s just merely a tragic excess of idealism.”
“Democrats have gone further and further and further to the left with no end in sight.”
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“A bomb planted by a neo-Nazi group was a nefarious and murderous act of evil.”
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On the recordDecember 1, 2009
The fact is that you don't build that much anymore.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
congress.gov

Editor's note · Context

Norton comments on the reduced construction activities by the government.

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