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Kendrick Meek: let me tell my colleague, if it was not for our wives, I do not know where we would be, to be honest with him; and I…

On the recordJuly 6, 2004
let me tell my colleague, if it was not for our wives, I do not know where we would be, to be honest with him; and I thank God. Coming up October 12, it will be 13 years for me; and, amen, I got married young.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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Reflecting on the importance of spouses during a speech.

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