Kendrick Meek: “it is almost like we need to have an opportunity to come to this floor…”

On the recordOctober 20, 2005

it is almost like we need to have an opportunity to come to this floor like every 3 hours. There is so much going on here, the Members need to know that we are watching them. The American people need to know and the Members need to know that we have alternatives, and we are going to present those alternatives legislatively in committee, we are going to present those alternatives here on this floor, and we are going to present those alternatives in Special Orders to let it be known that we are not going to sit by and watch this country start to slide, not because of the American people, but because of the majority who are willing to stand on behalf of the most able Americans as it relates to finances on the backs of everyday Americans.

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Kendrick Meek

Florida

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