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Kendrick Meek: the well-known definition of insanity holds that when we repeatedly do the same things that we have done before without…

On the recordNovember 1, 2001
the well-known definition of insanity holds that when we repeatedly do the same things that we have done before without any meaningful change but somehow expect the result to be different this time, that is insanity. Our experience tells us when we do only that which we have done before, we can expect the same outcome, the same result. We cannot allow these failures to continue. We must support the Oberstar-Ganske substitute bill. It makes sense. It is not insanity. The rest of the verbiage I have heard today is insanity.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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Discussing the need for change in legislation during a floor speech.

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