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Lincoln Diaz-Balart: “I talked to my son Danny today. He is 16 years old. He is no owner of one of these houses. He and his friends, however…”

On the recordJune 21, 2001
I talked to my son Danny today. He is 16 years old. He is no owner of one of these houses. He and his friends, however, through the generosity and the courtesy of the folks that lease here, they go out there and they fish and they swim. I talked to Danny today. I said, ``Danny, there is going to be an amendment to, in effect, knock these houses down. What should I tell my colleagues?'' He said, ``Dad, that's a Florida tradition. Nature is taking care of that.'' So why should now Congress intervene and knock down these homes? This is a really unfortunate amendment that our colleague from the other side of the aisle has brought forward. Let the kids go out there and swim and fish.
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Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Florida

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Opposing an amendment related to houses in Florida during a floor speech.

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