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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “Tough love is something that unfortunately the word ``no'' gets thrown around a lot more than I would like, than my kids…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2006
Tough love is something that unfortunately the word ``no'' gets thrown around a lot more than I would like, than my kids would like to hear. ``No'' doesn't seem to exist in this body, at least under this leadership in the Congress.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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