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Kendrick Meek: “Mr. Murphy was running for office a year and some change ago, talking about if he gets to Congress what he would do for…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2007
Mr. Murphy was running for office a year and some change ago, talking about if he gets to Congress what he would do for his constituents, that he would provide the kind of representation that they deserve, turn this saga of Iraq and that other issue of Iraq back to domestic priorities, bring home the bacon on behalf of the district and his constituents. I'm so glad that he's here tonight because we've been here three times. This is his first time. I'm glad that he's here because I want to know what's wrong. I mean, I just, Mr. Speaker, I personally want to know what's wrong with coming to Washington, DC, representing your constituents, and doing what you said you would do.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida

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Discussing the importance of representing constituents in Congress.

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