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Kendrick Meek: Because you came in on the back end of my words, I am telling you this. The President is the President of the United…

On the recordJuly 12, 2006
Because you came in on the back end of my words, I am telling you this. The President is the President of the United States. At the end of his term he can no longer run for President of the United States. Guess what the difference is between Members of Congress and the President. We are up every 2 years. The American people can bring about change in November, and then a transition of power in January for representation. No matter what their party affiliation is, I know Republicans personally that I know that I represent in my own district and outside of my district that have a problem that we are spending more on the debt, paying down the debt, than we are investing in education, homeland security of all things, and veteran affairs. There are individuals right now, and I just went through the veterans hospital during the Fourth of July break to go visit those individuals that just returned to Iraq and Afghanistan and those individuals that fought before them, and I can tell you they are not getting what they deserve. They are having to wait in some rural areas because the rural clinic is only open 2 days out of a month. These are the people that have laid their blood down. These are the people that their friends have died beside them, and they are asking them to suck it up. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the Republican majority is allowing this debt to overwhelm.…
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