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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “You just can't have it all. I mean, the other story that I share with people when we are here on the floor during this…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2006
You just can't have it all. I mean, the other story that I share with people when we are here on the floor during this 30-something hour is it is like when we talk to our kids. You know, sometimes my 6-year-old twins will say, Mom, you know, I really want, we will be in the toy store and they want everything in every aisle. And, you know, gosh, I would love to buy them everything in every aisle. But often, I have to say ``no,'' and then I try to explain to them, you know, our budget, the money that mom and dad earn really only enables us to afford to buy you some of these things. You can't have everything you want.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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