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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: I thank you very much, and just really briefly, I want to thank you and congratulate my colleagues for holding down the…

On the recordOctober 4, 2007
I thank you very much, and just really briefly, I want to thank you and congratulate my colleagues for holding down the fort for the last hour and standing up for our Nation's children because it's just absolutely preposterous that the President vetoed an opportunity to expand access to health care for millions of children. And we are going to continue to fight to our last breath in the Democratic Caucus and try to override this veto so we can make sure that we do the right thing by our children. We will be here regularly week after week to make sure we stand up for people who need the most help.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Addressing the veto of a health care expansion for children.

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