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Kendrick Meek: “It is a culture of corruption and cronyism and incompetence. It is just that simple. It is just that simple. Mr.…”

On the recordDecember 7, 2005
It is a culture of corruption and cronyism and incompetence. It is just that simple. It is just that simple. Mr. Speaker, we can outline this thing as much as possible. I mean, we can go into tomorrow morning if the rules would allow it, but it is just a culture. You cannot operate a business, you cannot operate an educational institution, and you definitely cannot operate a government under a culture of corruption, cronyism and incompetence.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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