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Kendrick Meek: So just for balance we need a Democratic House. We need a Democratic Congress that will bring balance and will ask the…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2006
So just for balance we need a Democratic House. We need a Democratic Congress that will bring balance and will ask the ``but'' question or maybe we need to call this individual in and understand more about things because we are the individuals that are elected to represent the people of the United States of America, not Republican, not Democrats, not Independents, but the people of the United States of America. Until we have that, we are not going to have a true democracy. We are not going to have balance. We are not going to have level thinking. We are not going to have the direction that our men and women need on the ground. We are not going to have the accountability that the Constitution calls for, that Mr. Ryan always talks about in article I, section 1. We are not going to have that until we do away with this Republican rubber stamp Congress.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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Addressing the need for a Democratic Congress to ensure representation and accountability.

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