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Kendrick Meek: But it only takes a very small percentage of numbers to say ``no.'' And what is interesting, Mr. Ryan, when we start…

On the recordOctober 17, 2007
But it only takes a very small percentage of numbers to say ``no.'' And what is interesting, Mr. Ryan, when we start talking about fact versus fiction; be accurate if you are going to share something. Accuracy is not necessarily a value here in Washington, D.C. We pride ourselves, Mr. Speaker, here on the 30-Something Working Group, we go through a lot of pain and suffering and research and all of that to make sure that what we are sharing with the American people is actually fact and not fiction. If we had more fact, we would have better policymaking here in Washington, D.C. The fact that the President would say, oh, well, you know, the Democratic Congress needs to go to work, when we broke records in the history of the Republic of 980 rollcall votes. And that is not just post offices. That is major policy that has passed off this floor. Still saying that, what Mr. Ryan is saying, the bottom line is as we go into the last closing minutes of our time here on the floor, the bottom line is we are going to see a separation from those that are willing to lead and those that are willing to follow tomorrow.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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Discussing the importance of accuracy in policymaking and recent legislative activity.

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