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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: I thank my colleague. And there is good news in all of this sadness. And that is the best word I can apply to this piece…

On the recordNovember 9, 2005
I thank my colleague. And there is good news in all of this sadness. And that is the best word I can apply to this piece of garbage that we are going to consider tomorrow. There is good news, because the voters get it. They know this country should be turned around and moved in a new direction, and they sent a very strong message yesterday. We had a number of elections across this country yesterday, and in every single one that rose and fell on issues like these, who won? The Democrats won. We will have a Democratic governor of Virginia, we will have a Democratic governor of New Jersey. All eight initiatives in California that would have abused the process, abused democracy, that would have harmed people had they passed in California, which were initiated by Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, were repudiated by the voters of California. All eight were defeated. {time} 2345 So it is very clear that the American people are rejecting their agenda and want to go in a new direction.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
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