Kendrick Meek: “Well, let me just say this, because I do not want you to get too far…”

On the recordMarch 1, 2006

Well, let me just say this, because I do not want you to get too far off on that. I want to thank the board members of the foundation for seeing fit to allow me to do it. And we are going to continue to do the good things we have been doing. We provide internship opportunities for African American kids to come to Capitol Hill, be exposed to something that, for generations, they were not exposed to. We provide fellowships to many of the folks in research, desperately needed research on health and a number of other issues. So there will be things that we will continue to do as we move on. But thank you so much, gentlemen. I appreciate it. And I thank the board members and also the Members. Thank you.

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