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Kendrick Meek: “I do not know. We need to see what happened to Mr. Ryan tonight, but I am pretty sure there is a good excuse for him not…”

On the recordJuly 17, 2006
I do not know. We need to see what happened to Mr. Ryan tonight, but I am pretty sure there is a good excuse for him not being here. Ms. Wasserman Schultz talked about a new direction for America. We want to make sure that health care is more affordable for all Americans, and we also want to make sure that we have lower gas prices, helping our working families, also cutting college costs and ensuring dignity in retirement and also requiring fiscal responsibility, pay-as- we-go. With that, Mr. Speaker, we would like to thank the Democratic leadership for allowing us to have the time, and it was an honor to address the House tonight ____________________
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Kendrick Meek
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