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Ed Markey: May I say that your mother is the first woman to ever be the wife of, and the mother of, an Assistant Secretary of…

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
May I say that your mother is the first woman to ever be the wife of, and the mother of, an Assistant Secretary of State.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey acknowledges the unique achievement of Crocker's mother.

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